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The Cape Town water crisis in South Africa was a multi-year period in 2015–2020 of water shortage in the Western Cape region, most notably affecting the City of Cape Town. Dam water levels began decreasing in 2015 and the Cape Town water crisis peaked during mid-2017 to mid-2018 when water levels hovered between 14 and 29 percent of total dam ...
I thought of these rules when I flew into Cape Town, South Africa’s second-largest city, in March. Over the last three years, Cape Town has been suffering an extraordinary, once-in-300-years drought—helped along, most analysts surmise, by climate change. The shift in the city’s physical appearance is astonishing.
The Cape Town water crisis in South Africa was a multi-year period in 2015–2020 of water shortage in the Western Cape region, most notably affecting the City of Cape Town. Dam water levels began decreasing in 2015 and the Cape Town water crisis peaked during mid-2017 to mid-2018 when water levels hovered between 14 and 29 percent of total dam ...
The Eastern Cape region of South Africa experienced a severe multi-year drought from 2015 through early 2020. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The drought was one of the worst in the region's history and led the South African government to declare the region a "disaster area" in October 2019.
The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report defines a drought simply as "drier than normal conditions ... 2010 China drought and dust storms; Cape Town water crisis in 2015–2018;
Known for its glowing swaths of yellow, orange and red, the U.S. Drought Monitor has warned farmers, residents and officials throughout the nation of impending water scarcity every week since 1999
Following a wet beginning to August in much of the Northeast, precipitation has been well below the historical average due to extended stretches of dry weather. Some locations are on pace for ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -Weeks of scarce rainfall in parts of China, coupled with sweltering heat, has brought drought to several provinces, prompting alerts and actions from authorities to minimise the ...