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Heatwave drains River Po and exposes WW2 Bomb

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4 years ago

August 8, 2022

Well how’s this for a climate discovery

Heatwaves across Europe are scorching fields and draining rivers.

In Italy, the waters of the nation’s River Po are now running so low they revealed a previously submerged World War Two bomb.

Military experts have now defused the device and carried out a controlled explosion.

The 450 kilogram bomb was discovered by fisherman on July 25 near a northern village.

Around 3,000 people living nearby were evacuated for the disposal operation, and the area’s airspace was also shut down.

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