El Niño Update – July 2023

El Niño Update  By Mlungisi Shabalala, 31 July 2023 uMngeni-uThukela Water continues to monitor the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signal. The ENSO phenomenon consists of two contrary climate cycles, i.e. El Niño and La Niña, as well as a neutral/normal state in between these two opposite cycles. The ENSO phenomenon develops in the Pacific […]

The El Niño Phenomenon – should we be worried?

The El Niño Phenomenon – should we be worried? By Mlungisi Shabalala, 30 May 2023 The last few years have been relatively wet, with many parts of South Africa experiencing above-average rainfall, leading to flooding in several areas. As a result of these good rains, most of the dams managed by uMngeni-uThukela Water consistently maintained […]