"If you see me, cry for what awaits you." That's what it reads on this stone in the Elbe River in Germany, which has surfaced after high temperatures.
The stones, otherwise known as "Hunger Stones" or "Stones of hunger", according to legends, warn of a terrible drought for Europe.
The continent has been hit this summer by very high temperatures, while scientists at the European Drought Observatory claim that the situation will worsen.
According to them, the continent will face the biggest drought in the last 500 years.
Experts say that the drying of rivers and lakes will have devastating effects not only on trade and industry, but also on a sector brought to its knees earlier by the pandemic, tourism.
Continued drought could spell the death knell for river tourism.