Victoria Falls sits on the Zambezi between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falls often dry up on the Zambian side, but this year has been worse than most.

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At a Glance

Victoria Falls lies on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe.Water is flowing over the falls at the lowest level since 1986.Hydroelectric plants below the falls may have to shut down.

Drought has driven the water flow at Africa's Victoria Falls to its lowest level in almost 25 years.

Flow has dropped to , according to Bloomberg. The lowest flow on record is 3,496 cubic feet per second, , according to the Zambezi River Authority.

Victoria Falls sits on the Zambezi between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falls often dry up on the Zambian side, but this year has been worse than most.

Parts of southern and western Zambia have since the benchmark year of 1981, according to reliefweb. Zimbabwe also has been in the grips of a severe drought.

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Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu shared photos on Twitter of dry rock walls that the falls would usually cover.

"These pictures of the Victoria Falls are a stark reminder of what climate change is doing to our environment and our livelihood," Lungu wrote in the post. "It is with no doubt that developing countries like #Zambia are the most impacted by climate change and the least able to afford its consequences."

The drought, Bloomberg reported, Zambia and Zimbabwe can generate on the Zambezi.

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Much of that electricity comes from the Kariba Dam, which sits downstream from the falls. The two countries' largest hydroelectric plants are at the Kariba Dam, where the lake is only 15% full.

Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, according to Reuters, said last Thursday that is so low "we are dangerously close to a level where we have to cut off power generation."

An aerial view, top, made on June 29, 2018, shows the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The bottom image shows the falls last week.

(Top: Zinyange Auntony/AFP via Getty Images. Bottom: Explore with Lora)

Victoria Falls, which the locals call Mosi-oa-Tunya, or The Smoke That Thunders, is also a major tourist draw for the two countries, as is the rainforest nourished by the falls' mist.

"Some of the tourism products that we boast of can be a thing of the past if climate change and global warming are not quickly addressed," Godfrey Koti, a spokesman for the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, told Bloomberg.

Clement Mukwasi, president of the Employers Association for Tourism and Safari Operators, said, "Rafting activities and visits to the rain forest have declined. There isn’t much that we can do except for us as an industry to promote awareness of climate change."

There may be some relief on the horizon. The dry season is coming to an end and rains are expected to begin soon.