Climate change, mismanagement dry up beloved Hungarian lake

GARDONY, Hungary — The beaches of Hungary’s once-popular Lake Velence lie largely deserted, summer holidaymakers staying away because climate change and mismanagement have dried up the waters to record lows. “We pray for rain, but we know the whole country is facing water scarcity,” said Gyorgy Simon, whose lakeside leisure company was forced to suspend sightseeing cruises in late June. A shallow inlet where children once splashed beneath sunshades has turned into a weed-covered patch of dry land at one Velence beach, 45 kilometers (28 miles) southwest of Budapest in the town of Gardony. READ: More than half of the […]... Keep on reading: Climate change, mismanagement dry up beloved Hungarian lake