No Power Steering and Battery Light

[Arian]

So this past week, my E53 2002 X5 3.0i has been acting up. It notified me on four separate occasions that my coolant level was low. I checked it, and it was completely empty. So I filled up coolant every time.

Yesterday, I was driving and as I was making a left turn. My power steering went out, and a red battery indicator turned on, on my instrument cluster.

I've been researching the problem, and I found that you lose power steering and the light turns on when the alternator isn't working.

I checked to see if the belt was still attached, and it was.

Now I am thinking that a leak or something else from the coolant may have damaged my alternator. Is that possible? How can I diagnose this? I haven't seen any coolant leak out at all in the past week. Maybe it leaks out when I am driving... IDK

I'm also currently in a town with very little european car mechanics... so I am hesitant to bring it to any of the mechanics here.