by Ethan van Diemen, Daily MaverickThe city that blows hot and cold – Cape Town’s flood-drought dichotomy explained by Ethan van Diemen, Daily Maverick June 25, 2022 A few years ago, Cape Town was nearly the first major city in the world to run out of usable water to supply its citizens. The likelihood of the city’s “Day Zero” water crisis was tripled by climate change.
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