Victoria Falls shrinks to a trickle after worst drought in a century
Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls have slowed down to a trickle after an unprecedented decline in water levels, officials have said. Data from the Zambezi River Authority showed water flow at its lowest since 1995, and well under the long term average. Zambian President Edgar Lungu said it was a stark reminder of what climate change is doing to our environment, yet some scientists are cautious about categorically blaming the climate crisis. Harald Kling, a hydrologist at engineering firm Poyry and a Zambezi river expert, said climate science dealt in decades, not particular years, “so it’s sometimes difficult to say this is because of climate change because droughts have always occurred”.
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This makes me very sad. What is happening to the world?
My parrot has just died due to climate change. He just sort of dried up.
I am getting a new one soon. I will call it Greta after Greta Thunberg.
That’s all for now.
Maybe Mugabe did leave a will after all …
Angle falls is still going well but there are no water diversions that far up the country !
Sadly, Southern Africa is going through a huge draught. Might get worse before it gets better.
So sad😔
And I wanted to bathe and drink But I still have a chance to sunbathe
In a century? Makes you think of how fossil fuels caused the drought 100 yrs ago and Epstein’s banker didn’t kill him self.
Trump 2020
It’s not that dry on the Zimbabwe side, you’re showing the Zambia side
It just started.
Humanity cannot change, it will perish……..
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Its ok the ice caps are melting. Water is on the way 😀
My heart literally stopped for a second when I saw that. This is horrible.
This is amazingly bad. That said, anyone want to start running a sluicebox and pan with me?
You’re filming from the Zambian side. Get your geography correct. You’re adults.
Earth climate changes – now we are able to watch
What happens when the rainy season happens? You know, when the water falls from the sky, Disney animals sing and the drought is over again for another year?
Yes there is a shortage of water for the falls but they did not do was to go right up the course of the water source to see the Chinese hydro dams & the other man made deviations for Chiese farming opperations ,reality is if there were no more dams or diversions of water for farming or industrial projects there would not be a problem !
If you don’t think these are related to the Australian bushfires, you may want to look up the Indian Ocean Dipole.
And the reason why there was less water is because Zesco diverted it to the power plant. The do that from time to time when water levels are low. Get your facts straight.
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0:31 that gorge is deep.
My home country is Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls was awesome. How sad.
Cause and effect of the white man showing up! Note to Zimbabwe get rid of the white folks. They trashing your land.
Climate is a need
Brexit is greed (and a fossil fuel backed distraction)
JC4PM
C’mon V Falls is not dry, stop the lie
That’s why i hate humans.
we wuz …
Your talking about Zimbabwe but you’re showing the Zambian side. Zambia has more meters of the falls but Zim has the side where the water falls and causes more spray because the gorge is narrower. The Zambia side is where the water recedes from before it recedes on the Zim side during its daily flow depending on how much water is flowing through the Zambezi. It would help if you could cover the story with more accuracy…
The falls dried up in 1950 as well.
Isten adta, ember elvette.
Could walk through the canyon
Shivam, kon si bike lera
😈 left the pool
Just a natural cycle and hopefully beer brewing up stream.
Up river irrigation
Waiting for people with no knowledge about history in the region to start spreading the climate hysteria in the comments
lol
wow 😮 not only champions league Mane is worrying about victoria falls