Dangerously low on water, Cape Town now faces 'Day Zero'

Residents line up to collect water from a spring in the Newlands area of Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan 22, 2018.PHOTO: NYTIMES

 CAPE TOWN (NYTIMES) - It sounds like a Hollywood blockbuster. "Day Zero" is coming to Cape Town this April. Everyone, be warned.

The government cautions that the Day Zero threat will surpass anything a major city has faced since World War II or the Sept 11 attacks. Talks are underway with South Africa's police because "normal policing will be entirely inadequate". Residents, their nerves increasingly frayed, speak in whispers of impending chaos.

The reason for the alarm is simple: The city's water supply is dangerously close to running dry.

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