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Very unlikely that the Cape Town drought will break any time soon. The city is in a Winter rainfall region, so there's little chance of significant rains before
by mikro2nd 9y ago
Very unlikely that the Cape Town drought will break any time soon. The city is in a Winter rainfall region, so there's little chance of significant rains before May or June, and even then -- and assuming that rainfall returns to something resembling "normal" -- it will take several years for dams to fully restock. A single rainy season ain't gonna do it (unless there're some pretty catastrophic rains. ;)
- nevi-me 9y agoWhich is sad, and shows the reality of climate change. In Joburg we've had a few "100 year" floods in a year, so much water pouring down that we're forgetting that we had a drought last year.
- tonteldoos 9y agoVery fair point, although I didn't imply that it might break this year. Whenever it breaks though, I hope the usage remains low, just in case such an event reccurs.