Johannesburg — In the worst-case scenario, extreme droughts could be about 100 times more likely than they were early last century
Cape Town faces an 80% higher chance of another 'Day Zero' drought by the end of the century if greenhouse gas-emissions keep rising at current rates, research showed on Monday, as the South African city races to safeguard water supplies.
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