Category: Droughts
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Space Weather and Earth Hazard Report: Rare Auroral Displays, Campi Flegrei Unrest, and Pan-African Earthquake Watch
Skywatchers were recently treated to a rare celestial spectacle as intensified solar activity around October 20-22, 2025, produced vivid auroral lights visible even at lower latitudes than usual. This was driven by a moderate G2 geomagnetic storm fueled by solar flares and charged particles from the sun reaching Earthβs magnetic field. The event coincided with…
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πΏπ²πΏπΌ Zambia, Zimbabwe: Lake Kariba water levels hit record low
Water levels in Lake Kariba have reached a record low, which could force the closure of a dam that supplies electricity to Zambia and Zimbabwe , where the lake sits. Due to the severe drought that central and southern Africa faced as a result of the El NiΓ±o climate anomaly, the amount of water in…
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Zambians struggle with electricity shortages driven by drought
Zambia’s worst electricity blackouts in memory have been caused by a severe drought in the region that has left the critical Kariba dam, the source of Lake Musonda’s woes, with insufficient water to run its hydroelectric turbines. Less than half of Zambia’s 20 million people had access to electricity before Kariba’s problems. Kariba was built…
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