Melting ice on Danube damages 100s of boats

Big chunks of melting ice moving on the Danube River have damaged hundreds of small boats and several restaurants located on rafts. The thick ice, which had closed hundreds of miles (kilometers) of Europe’s busy waterway during the region’s recent cold snap, started moving Sunday afternoon because of rising temperatures. The 1,777-mile-long (2,860-kilometer-long) river flows through nine countries and is vital for transport, power and industry. But the ice partially blocked it from Austria to the Black Sea.