匈牙利总理佩特尔·马加尔宣布，该国唯一的核电站帕克斯电厂将被迫完全关闭，这是该电厂历史上首次完全停运[1]。这一决定源于多瑙河水位创30年来新低[1]。马加尔警告称，匈牙利能源供应从周一开始可能变得"严重"[1]，并要求匈牙利人在17:00至22:00期间限制能源消耗活动[1]。
极端高温和低降雨导致欧洲多国能源危机加剧。罗马尼亚也被迫关闭切尔纳沃达核电站的一座706兆瓦反应堆[1]，该反应堆提供罗马尼亚约20%的电力[1]。多瑙河在罗马尼亚入境处的流量大幅下降，从7月平均的4700立方米/秒骤降至周三的1600立方米/秒[1]，并预计将继续下降至1500立方米/秒[1]。塞尔维亚水文学家称多瑙河水位为50-60年未见的低位[1]。欧洲升温速度是全球平均的两倍[1]。
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magar announced that the country's sole nuclear facility, the Paks power plant, will be forced into complete shutdown due to record low water levels in the Danube River [1]. This marks the first time in the plant's operational history that it has ceased all operations [1]. The Danube's water level has reached its lowest point in 30 years [1], a consequence of extreme heat and reduced rainfall affecting energy supplies across multiple European nations [1].
Magar warned that Hungary's energy supply could become "severe" beginning Monday and called on citizens to restrict energy consumption activities between 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. [1]. Romania has similarly been forced to shut down one of the reactors at its Cernavoda nuclear station, a 706-megawatt facility that normally supplies approximately 20 percent of the country's electricity [1]. The Danube's average flow rate at Romania's border has plummeted from 4,700 cubic meters per second in July to 1,600 cubic meters per second by Wednesday, with projections indicating further decline to 1,500 cubic meters per second [1]. A Serbian hydrologist characterized the current water levels as the lowest observed in 50 to 60 years [1]. Europe is warming at twice the rate of the global average, intensifying the crisis [1].