Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) is in the process of rescuing 96 hikers trapped in the Fish River Canyon since Sunday. The hikers belong to nine different groups and include schoolchildren. The hikers were stranded after heavy rains filled the Naute Dam beyond capacity, forcing NamWater to open the dam’s sluice gates, which caused dangerous, rapidly rising water levels downstream. The NWR in a statement on Monday said rainfall experienced in the …
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