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Cape Town sees 80mm of rain in places after first winter cold front

After last night’s cold front which brought wet and windy weather to Cape Town, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued an update…

Cape Town, surrounding mountains brace for ‘heavy’ rain, possible snowfall

Looks like Cape Town’s first heavy rain of the winter months has arrived. On Saturday, the South African Weather Service on Twitter issued a…

Cape Town’s December dam levels decline, but there are positives

As of 10 December 2018, Cape Town’s dams are 69.5% full, declining by 0.9% over the previous week. This may seem like a substantial…

Cape Town and surrounds enjoyed a wet week in December

It might be December, but parts of the Western Cape had a particularly wet week according to rainfall figures released by the South African…

Video: Bicycle shop trashed, looted after Cape Town lights festival

Cape Town’s annual festive lights gathering is supposed to be a joyous occasion for families, but things turned ugly in the late hours after…

Graph: Cape Town’s dams are in much better shape than last year

Cape Town’s combined dam level have dropped another 0.7% over the previous week, the latest report from the City revealed. Issued on Monday, the…

Cape Town’s dams continue drying trend into November

Cape Town’s dam levels dropped 0.6% this past week, according to the latest report by the City. Overall, dam levels remain just below three-quarters…

Cape Town’s hot, dry July means 6B water restrictions will continue

Another hot, dry and precipitation-scarce week hasn’t had much of an impact on Cape Town’s dam levels, this according to the City’s latest report….

Cape Town’s Theewaterskloof Dam breaks the 40% full mark

After a few weeks of rapid increases, Cape Town’s dam levels have seemingly plateaued. This week the City of Cape Town’s latest report saw…

Cape Town dam levels have more than doubled in a year

If you’ve turned your head to the sky this past week, you may have noticed something: it hasn’t rained. At all. Since 2 July…

Big news: Cape Town’s dam levels smash through the 50% mark

We’ve done it, Cape Town. The city’s dam storage levels have breached the 50% full mark after the weekend’s cold front swept through the…

After the storm, Cape Town’s dam levels are now at 48.3%

Update: As of 3 July, Cape Town’s dam levels are now at 50.3%. Read the full story here. The storm clouds have cleared above…

Cape Town’s dams are now 42.7% full

Cape Town’s dam storage is up once again, but by a smaller margin. Last week, dam levels stood at 38.1%. This week, the City…

40.3%: that’s how full Cape Town’s dams are right now

Watching Cape Town’s dams fill from the water’s edge may be as boring as watching paint dry, but to see the numbers slowly increase…

In graphs: Cape Town’s dam storage jumps by 28% in just 8 weeks

At the end of April, the water situation in Cape Town was dire. Dams were nearly empty. In fact, the Department of Water and…

Cape Town’s dams are now healthier than they were in June 2016

There’s some more good news this week for thirsty Cape Town. As of 11 June 2018, the city’s total dam storage levels stood at…

Week of rain leaves Cape Town’s dams just shy of 30% mark

How quickly things can change, Cape Town. According to the City’s latest dam report, Cape Town’s six largest dams’ total storage now stands at…

Cape Town’s dams slowly fill to 24% after May’s rainfall

At the end of the fifth month of 2018, Cape Town finally has some positive water-related news. As of 28 May 2018, total dam…

211 000 Cape Town households use less than 6000L per month

Although Cape Town is set to enjoy one of the wettest weeks of the year thus far, the city’s still in the middle of…

Cape Town dam report: surface storage dips below 200 000 ML

Cape Town has just reached another notable #DayZero milestone: total surface storage within its six largest dams has now dipped below the 200 000…

Cape Town water usage jumps, dam levels drop to 22.7%

So Cape Town… Do you want the good news or bad news first? It’s a Monday, so let’s start with the good news. The…

Cape Town dams: #DayZero or not, the city remains worryingly dry

Despite what politicians may say about Cape Town’s water crisis and the potential aversion of Day Zero, there’s no denying that the dam levels…

150k Cape Town households use less than 6000L per month

It took a while, but finally the City of Cape Town knows just how much water its households used in January. Prior to Level…

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