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A image of two photos combined showing Victoria Falls in January 2019 with water (left) and December 2019 with barely a trickle. — Reuters

Victoria Falls, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, are one of the seven natural wonders of the world. When I visited the falls from the Zimbabwean side back in 2006, they made their presence known from a long way away. First, you could hear the unmistakable sound of hundreds of millions of litres of water pouring over the cliff. Second, even a kilometre away, there was a mist. Like it was a sun shower. Water falling from the sky from the enormity of the deluge that are the Victoria Falls.

The falls are famous for being the largest in the world during the wet season. Currently, though, Victoria Falls could more accurately be called Victoria Cliff. The flows of water there have gone from 550 million litres to a mere fraction of that. Indeed, photos of the famous falls now show a dark cliff. With some patches of water at its base.