HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES NAMIBIA- DAILY FLOOD BULLETIN: 06 March 2017

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Namibia Hydrological Services Private Bag 13184 Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry Government Office Park Namibia Enquiries: Ms Pauline Mufeti Tel

com HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES NAMIBIA- DAILY FLOOD BULLETIN: 06 March 2017 Satellite images over the last 24 hours show good rains over the Kunene, Cuvelai,

Water levels in the western Cuvelai Iishanas continue to rise.

that have reached Ondjiva, yesterday at 6 pm, as communicated by our Angolan Counterparts.

1 Namibia Hydrological Services Private Bag Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry Government Office Park Namibia Enquiries: Ms Pauline Mufeti Tel :( +264) Fax :( +264) Urgent calls:( ) & HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES NAMIBIA- DAILY FLOOD BULLETIN: 06 March 2017 Satellite images over the last 24 hours show good rains over the Kunene, Cuvelai, Kavango and Zambezi basins, light showers are also observed over the central parts of the country. Water levels in the western Cuvelai Iishanas continue to rise. The central Cuvelai Iishanas, water levels are slightly dropping but are expected to rise in the coming 2 to 5 days, taking into consideration the flood wave that have reached Ondjiva, yesterday at 6 pm, as communicated by our Angolan Counterparts. The following are current water levels recorded from the hydrological gauging stations namely Shashuuli 1.00m, Okatana 0.88m Shaneheke 0.49m, Shanalumono 0.64m, Endola 0.81m, Onyele 0.68 and Oshikuku 0.63m. Namacunde recorded 0.50m on 01.March.2017 and Xangongo recorded 3.19m yesterday courtesy of Eng. Evangelisto Camati and Eng. Manuel Quintino-Angola. Ekango LaLimba limba-onheleiwa Photos by: Julia Haitembu

Water-Cunene (DPEA-Cunene), Angola Information by courtesy: Eng.

2 See below Pictures of Ondjiva floods taken by: Eng. Evangelisto Camati form Provincial Directorate of Energy and Water-Cunene (DPEA-Cunene), Angola Information by courtesy: Eng. Manuel Quintino from National Water Institute for Water Resources, Angola 2

G-WADI-rainfall accumulation for the past 24 hours preceding 08h00 on 06.03.

php/public-weather-services/rainfall Today s river levels: The Zambezi River level at Katima Mulilo started increasing and is currently at 2.78m (NamWater GP).

3 G-WADI-rainfall accumulation for the past 24 hours preceding 08h00 on Readers can visit the Namibia Meteorological Services to view the rainfall bulletin and other useful weather and climate related information. Today s river levels: The Zambezi River level at Katima Mulilo started increasing and is currently at 2.78m (NamWater GP). The Kavango River levels are rising due to good rains in the catchment; Nkurenkuru is currently at 2.96m; Rundu recorded 5.13m; Mukwe recorded 3.27m. The Orange River levels are also rising; Blouputs station recorded 1.75m; Sendelingdrift 1.30m; Tses 0.89m. Ai-Ais recorded 1.34m this morning. According to NAMWATER Von Bach Dam at 54.5%, Naute Dam is at 101.0%, Omatako Dam is at 59.9% and Oanob is at 91.0%. Hardap Dam is currently at 72.1% and releases took place. See figures in the table below with readings from our gauging stations, site informants, and the satellitebased SADC Hydrological Cycle Observing System (SADC-HYCOS) Data Collection Platforms (DCPs).

4 4 Cuvelai- Etosha River Zambezi Chobe Kwando Kavango Kuiseb Gaub Fish/Orange Kunene Olushandja sub basin Ishana sub basin Water Levels (m) Site One week before one day before Today last year normal for 27-Feb March March Mar Mar Katima Mulilo (#) Ngoma Gate Kongola 2.56 Camp-Kwando Nkurenkuru Rundu Mukwe Gobabeb Schlesien Greylingshof Seeheim Tses Ai-Ais Blouputs Sendelingdrift Onyele Okanimekwa Akati Omafa Shanalumono Endola Okatana Shakambembe Shanelago Shakanwa Ompundja Shahaingu Engela Shapoko Otamanzi 0.27 Shashuuli Shaneheke Okalongo West 0.43 Shanaibwengendje Oshikuku Onembaba Ruacana Ruacana Flows (m 3 /s) (=) information by courtesy Riaan Bester (=) information by courtesy NamPower (+) (#) information by courtesy NamWater (-) no reading/ station down/negative reading

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6 A useful site for a range of disaster related information in Namibia: Directorate Disaster Risk Management http://www.ddrm.gov.

6 6 A useful site for a range of disaster related information in Namibia: Directorate Disaster Risk Management Feel free to share with us any hydrological information in your areas. Please put new information under a separate heading/subject. We would also like to thank everyone that has been sending us data, and please continue to do so You can also view past daily flood bulletins and other flood information on Namibia at NASA's Namibia Flood Dashboard

HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES NAMIBIA- DAILY FLOOD BULLETIN: 09 March 2017

HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES NAMIBIA- DAILY FLOOD BULLETIN: 09 March 2017 Namibia Hydrological Services Private Bag 13184 Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry Government Office Park Namibia Enquiries: Ms Pauline Mufeti Tel :( +264) 61 208 7191 Fax :( +264) 61 208 7256