South Africa

Cape Town could experience another 'Day Zero' this century as water supplies dry up

South Africa drought climate change global warming Day Zero

'Day Zero' was when Cape Towns taps ran dry, causing widespread panic. Image: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RC2WKD968B79

Kim Harrisberg
Water Rights Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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A family negotiates their way through caked mud around a dried up section of the Theewaterskloof dam near Cape Town, South Africa, January 20, 2018. The dam, which supplies most of Cape Town's potable water, is currently dangerously low as the city faces
Day Zero droughts may become about 100 times more likely than in the 20th-century. Image: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RC176FA9C1B0
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