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01-25-2018, 09:53 AM
Besieged by drought, Cape Town is on the verge of running out of water
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It's 2018. Donald Trump is president of the U.S., Elon Musk will soon send a sports car into space aboard a massive rocket, and Cape Town, South Africa, will run out of water in 79 days.*
Triggered by an intense drought, officials in Cape Town are poised to turn off the taps to about 3.2 million people on or around April 12. Given seasonal rainfall patterns, it's doubtful to impossible to avoid this once-unthinkable situation, since the region is in the midst of its typical dry season and unlikely to get much rain before then.*
SEE ALSO: These visualizations make disturbing 2017 temperature milestone look like modern art (http://mashable.com/2018/01/18/2017-top-3-warmest-years-visualizations-modern-art/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/24/cape-town-south-africa-will-run-out-of-water/)
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It's 2018. Donald Trump is president of the U.S., Elon Musk will soon send a sports car into space aboard a massive rocket, and Cape Town, South Africa, will run out of water in 79 days.*
Triggered by an intense drought, officials in Cape Town are poised to turn off the taps to about 3.2 million people on or around April 12. Given seasonal rainfall patterns, it's doubtful to impossible to avoid this once-unthinkable situation, since the region is in the midst of its typical dry season and unlikely to get much rain before then.*
SEE ALSO: These visualizations make disturbing 2017 temperature milestone look like modern art (http://mashable.com/2018/01/18/2017-top-3-warmest-years-visualizations-modern-art/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/24/cape-town-south-africa-will-run-out-of-water/)
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