"Six tropical weather systems hit Madagascar from January to April 2022, killing at least 214 people and affecting about 571,100 across the country," the humanitarian agency OCHA said.
There is clearly an emerging pattern of increased extreme weather events in southern Africa and the southwest Indian Ocean islands, so political and social actors have to adjust quickly to this new reality. A number of key priority actions have to be taken.
CLIMATE CHANGE ATTRIBUTED - Experts analysing the role that climate change has played in causing extreme weather events have published the findings of a new study.
A string of deadly storms pummeled Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique with more intense rainfall because of climate change, according to new research. Three tropical cyclones and two tropical storms hit Southeast Africa in just six weeks in the first months of this year, causing widespread flooding. More than a million…