River cruising challenges: Floods and rising waters


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River cruises are the hot thing in European tourism right now, but they face challenges from floods and rising water levels that limit where their boats can go.
Several cruise companies have had to cancel or change their river voyages, with widespread flooding still affecting large parts of Central Europe. Viking River Cruises has cancelled two cruises along the Elbe River due to sail tomorrow (June 8). It had previously cancelled three cruises along the Danube on June 8, 9 and 12. All affected passengers had been notified and of