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- Belgian Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Destruction Service handles 3,000 UXO calls and disposes 200-250 tons each year.
- Scholar Sarah Njeri linked climate change to the unearthing of old weapons.
- A wildfire near Bordeaux uncovered about 400 WWII shells, some exploding during the blaze.
- Drought lowered the Danube, exposing two naval mines in Slovakia that police removed for demolition.
