From PJ’s Pen – April 2019

From PJ’s Pen – April 2019

AS April draws to a balmy close, the Zambezi is slowly rising here on the island. The Zambezi River Authority tells us that on 23 April the volume had increased to 1,035 cubic meters/second, still only 26% of its volume of 3,954 this time last year. One of the...
From PJ’s Pen – April 2019

From PJ’s Pen – March 2019

AS we approach the end of the rainy season, it is becoming increasingly likely that there will be no late reprieve this year. The forecasts are for a continuation of the current conditions – highs of 36-38 degrees every day and no rainfall expected. We have been...
From PJ’s Pen – April 2019

From PJ’s Pen – February 2019

THE Victoria Falls Region is in dire need of rain, as I write. By the end of February last year, we had received 645mm (25”) of rain, with the whole of March still to follow. Our annual average for Victoria Falls is only 600mm (24”), and we ended up well above average...