Kariba Dam Water Levels Increase for First Time in 9 Months
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Water levels at the Kariba dam that straddles Zambia and Zimbabwe rose for the first time in nine months, data from the authority that regulates the world’s biggest man-made reservoir show.
Levels increased by 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) during the week ended Feb. 1, the Zambezi River Authority said in a statement posted to its website Wednesday. That’s the first weekly gain since at least April. The dam rose to 12 percent of capacity, after dipping to 11 percent on Jan. 27, as inflows from the Zambezi river that feeds it increased and rains fell in the area, it said.