Okavango-Delta vermehrt unter Wasser ?

In Windhoek tut sich das Gerücht breit, daß die schweren Regenfälle auch über Nordbotswana zu gewaltigen Überflutungen geführt haben und viele Inseln wie seit 40 Jahren nicht mehr überflutet/ verschwunden sein sollen.

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Rivers swollen as country prepares for floods

There's no let-up in the amount of rain that is swelling rivers throughout the country and in neighbouring Namibia and Angola.

The peak of this year's annual flood continues to be expected to be much higher than last year.

Some forecasts are that water levels could reach as high as two metres above previous figures and if so, it would be the highest since the mid-1980s

Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe have forecast that serious flooding could affect tens of thousands of people, and damage infrastructure, crops and homes, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a new update.

Weather forecasters predict “normal to above normal rains” – and so far they have not been wrong. In Maun, for instance, 37.2mm of rain has been measured over the last seven days with more forecast.

Botswana is making urgent arrangements to prevent a disaster situation by setting up a distribution centre at Dukwi, near Nata, in case emergency help is needed in the deltas and in other parts of northern Botswana.

Tents, cooking utensils, bedding and other commodities are being stored.

At Rundu, in Namibia, the water level is already higher than last year and this indicates that water flowing into the Okavango River and delta in Botswana will also be higher.

These fears have been realised as water is already flooding in at Mohembo, in north west Botswana, at a higher rate than for the corresponding period last year. It is so far the highest for this time of the year since 1984, according to latest statistics.

At Maun, the level of water in the Boro and Thamalakane river, tributaries of the Okavango River and which in turn supply Lake Ngami and the Boteti River, is appreciably higher than for the last two seasons. The Zambezi River is also in flood and warnings of high water and potential damage to properties have been issued all along the Caprivi Strip in Namibia. In addition, the Chobe River, a tributary of the Zambezi, is also rising much earlier this year than in years past. Whatever happens in the Zambezi and Chobe also has a bearing on the Okavango delta, where for the first time in two decades the Savuti Channel came down in flood last year. Already safari lodges and camps are preparing for the worst scenarios, with lodges stocking up on foodstuffs, while isolated villages throughout the region have been placed on alert as well.