Kariba Dam could collapse and flood millions

Kariba Dam is a concrete arch dam built on basalt rock.

Kariba Dam is a double curvature concrete arch dam.

The dam is 128 metres tall and 579 metres long.

Lake Kariba behind the dam stretches 280 kilometres long.

Lake Kariba holds 185 cubic kilometres of water volume.

Workers climb the Kariba Dam during its construction phase.

Kariba Dam powers parts of Zambia and Zimbabwe’s Copperbelt.

About 57,000 Tonga people were resettled due to the dam.

Spillway erosion carved a crater undercutting dam’s foundations.

Sunset over the Kariba Dam and Lake Kariba.

Dam rehabilitation started in 2017 to secure its future.

Lake Kariba extends 280 kilometres formed by Kariba Dam.