The Cape Town

Burls, Natalie J.; Blamey, Ross C.; Cash, Benjamin A.; Swenson, Erik T.; Fahad, Abdullah al; Bopape, Mary-Jane M.; Straus, David M.; Reason, Chris J. C.

doi:10.1038/s41612-019-0084-6

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The Cape Town "Day Zero" drought and Hadley cell expansion

2019
By Burls, Natalie J. ; Blamey, Ross C. ; Cash, Benjamin A. ; ...
Source: Climate and Atmospheric Science (2019) 2:27

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Burls, Natalie J. ; Blamey, Ross C. ; Cash, Benjamin A. ; Swenson, Erik T. ; Fahad, Abdullah al ; Bopape, Mary-Jane M. ; Straus, David M. ; Reason, Chris J. C. Less -
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In early 2018, Cape Town (population ~3.7 million) was at risk of being one of the first major metropolitan areas in the world to run out of water. This was due to a severe multi-year drought that led to the levels of supply dams falling to an unprecedented low. Here we analyze rainfall data from the city catchment areas, including rare centennial records from the surrounding region, to assess the severity of the 2015–2017 drought. We find that there has been a long-term decline in the number of winter rainfall days, but this trend has been generally masked by fluctuations in rainfall intensity.
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