Fuel supply warning for north-east France as Rhine levels fall
Some petrol stations risk running dry in the Grand Est region, a supermarket chain's boss said, blaming low water on the Rhine.
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Infrastructure & energy in Europe
Situation now
Ukraine's energy system remained under strain this week: emergency power cuts hit Kyiv and two districts of Kyiv Oblast from 10 November after Russian strikes on the grid, and the EU said on 9 November it would activate an emergency mechanism to help Ukraine's energy crisis. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant's power was restored on 8 November after its 16th blackout of the year, and a fire at a Naftogaz site in the Kyiv region injured 9 people on 7 November as DTEK cut power to cope with the damage.
In France, authorities issued a fuel-supply warning for the north-east on 11 November as falling Rhine water levels disrupted barge deliveries. A digger burst a gas pipe in Craiova, Romania, on 10 November, forcing the evacuation of a school and nursery, and a burst pipe in Oslo's Grønland district knocked out district heating and forced evacuations before repairs were completed.
Updated by the ECTV Crisis Desk, based on 8 verified stories from the past seven days.
ECTV has published 7 verified stories on infrastructure & energy in the past seven days. The most recent, updated 11 November 2026: Fuel supply warning for north-east France as Rhine levels fall.
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17 independent sources · 98% confidence