The water storage level at the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Power Station has fallen to 26 per cent. According to the National Directorate of Water Management, the situation is critical and has never been seen in the last thirty years.
The situation is considered critical by the National Directorate for Water Management and, if it prevails, could cause an energy crisis in the country.
‘Cahora Bassa has very low water levels. We may not have seen a similar situation in the last 30 years. It has a storage level of 26 per cent. To give us an idea, we used to have around 78 per cent storage. At the moment, we’re at 26 per cent,’ said Agostinho Vilanculos, a hydrologist.
At the Kariba dam in Zambézia, the situation is already critical, with storage capacity down to 3%.
According to the National Directorate of Water Resources, Pemba is also at high risk of urban flooding and erosion.
Source: O País