{"id":120869,"date":"2026-08-15T18:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latecruisenews.com\/?p=120869"},"modified":"2026-08-15T18:02:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:02:31","slug":"rhine-water-levels-hit-new-lows-putting-river-cruises-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/2026\/08\/15\/rhine-water-levels-hit-new-lows-putting-river-cruises-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhine Water Levels Hit New Lows, Putting River Cruises at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cybercruises.com\/images\/KDrhineStrasbourg.jpg\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"3\" title=\"The Alsatian city of Strasbourg - Ill River, left-bank tributary of the Rhine River\" alt=\"The Alsatian city of Strasbourg - Ill River, left-bank tributary of the Rhine River\" align=\"left\" Width=\"250\"\/>Water levels on the Rhine have fallen to new lows as a prolonged heatwave continues to grip Europe, creating challenges for cruise operators, shipping and travelers alike.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The situation is particularly concerning around Kaub, one of the Rhine&#8217;s key low-water chokepoints.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters reported on Friday that the river has reached record-low levels, with the navigable water depth at the Kaub chokepoint falling to 10 centimeters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisecritic.com\/news\/rhine-water-levels-hit-record-lows\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rhine Water Levels Hit New Lows, Putting River Cruises at Risk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water levels on the Rhine have fallen to new lows as a prolonged heatwave continues to grip Europe, creating challenges for cruise operators, shipping and travelers alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-120869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-river-cruises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcidemo.it\/latecruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}