Climate Change Behind South Africa’s Devastating Floods
A report by the World Weather Attribution (WWA), an international group of climate scientists, released on Friday has found that climate change led to increased rainfall that caused devastating flooding in South Africa last month.
It's one of the first reports on the devastating floods that hit KwaZulu-Natal in April – described as the worst in 60 years.
The floods left more than 430 people dead, tens of thousands displaced and millions of dollars’ worth of damage.
A team of scientists from South Africa, Europe and the US collaborated on a study to see what role climate change played in the recent floods and what lessons can be learned.
The flooding occurred as a direct consequence of two days of extreme rainfall in the region, at unexpected levels. The WWA report says man...