Kruger Drought/Dry Seasons and Dam Levels

[Dzombo]

RP - has there been decent rain in central/southern kruger overnight?

[Richprins]

I'm sure in the south...still raining!

[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
‏Verified account @LatestKruger
20h20 hours ago

12:00
150 Buffalo drinking, swimming and having mud baths
S36, Shimangwaneni Dam
Near Talamati
Tinged by Barry C

[Alf]

Not a lot of water left

[Richprins]

I think maybe some water came in with recent rain,Alf?

[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
‏Verified account @LatestKruger
17h17 hours ago

Mopani trees are turning nice and green
H8, Near Olifants Camp
Tinged by Barry C

[Lisbeth]

How nice to see something green

[Peter Betts]

Hopefully the North progresses from this in Sept

[Flutterby]

From SANParks FB page:

Adele Sneyd
18 hrs
S143 at Tihongonyeni waterhole. This moment broke my heart. I followed 3 Eland heading towards the waterhole. As they neared they even broke into a run. The trough was dry and so was the little dam around it. The only source of water was the cement dam and i sat in tears watching them circle the dam trying to find access to the water. This is not the 1st time ive seen this. That windmill is often destroyed by the strong winds but surely there is another way?This is the only water source in a huge area and simply repairing the windmill is not the only solution? It was 40 degrees that day and they must have traveled far to get to water because the veld there is barren from the drought. It really was upsetting!

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[Richprins]

Does the windmill blow over?

We found a couple of windmills in the area this October that were standing fine but water was not getting to the troughs from the reservoir, or to the reservoir from the pump.