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Large commercial vessels. a massive waterway. the vessels take products to and from the power plants and industrial complexes lining the river banks. the barges that can still make it through our having to carry less cargo so they do not set so low in the water. the people who run the barges say eventually it will not be commercially viable to run the barges any longer and they are keeping a close eye on water levels because if they drop further, more of the barges will find this part of the river rhine impossible to navigate. it is a huge problem for the economy. experts say the current situa...

Through this and how businesses like yours have been treated? we find it very shoddy, really. it's the information we needed. that was not forthcoming from the water board. if this is going to be a regular occurrence, i think they have got to get their act together. with temperatures here still high, and no meaningful rainfall forecast for the forseeable future, there is little confidence here that south east water can prevent this from happening again. we asked south east water for a statement but did not get a response. in germany, a lack of rain has caused water levels in the rhine to drop,...

Helped immensely. when we see weather forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope. we are now halfway through this extreme waether and there is forecast for some rain early next week but the environment agency says we will need weeks of rain to stop the drought affecting parts of england. helena wilkinson, bbc news, surrey. it's notjust the uk that's suffering drought — much of europe has also had weeks with little or no rain. in germany the lack of water is starting to have significant economic impacts asjenny hill reports now from the river rhine. this is the river bed of the migh...

Please stay inside. if you can, take the day off of work. the city has been fairly empty. it is frigid here in the morning and even when the sun was out it was downright cold. in cities like pittsburgh school is canceled again today. in michigan they're asking folks to turn down the thermostat. it is a scene really of -- a difficult scene out here. it is difficult to talk and think. coming into the screen here again just in the distance, there is that ice breaker making it's way up and down here for the last couple minutes here. >> the chicago river is a working river, salt is ineffective blow...

Orleans. i understood the people here. >> new orleans had different rules. i liked the accent. i like the way its people interact with each other. i love the music. >> the proliferation of jazz goes back a hundred years. back into world war i when musicians from here that served took jazz to europe. >> we call new orleans now the new new orleans and it's become a place we share with a working river in terms of cargo, tourism, economic development. >> new orleans is called the crescent city because the city was built on that high land thanks to the levees that exposed the bottom of the bowl. an...