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The South African Weather Service predicted "persistent and heavy" rains ahead, with the risk of further flooding due to "waterlogged soils and saturated rivers". [9] In response to the floods, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared on February 13 the State of National Disaster in seven provinces. [10]
The 2023 Western Cape floods were a devastating series of floods affecting the Western Cape province of South Africa as a result of heavy rainfall on 24-25 September 2023. [1] The flooding resulted in at least 11 fatalities, the closure of over 200 roads, and over 80,000 people being left without electricity.
In April 2022, days of heavy rain across KwaZulu-Natal in southeastern South Africa led to deadly floods. Particularly hard-hit were areas in and around Durban. At least 436 people died across the province, with an unknown number of people missing as of April 22. [2] Several thousand homes were damaged or destroyed.
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In South Africa more than 6,000 people have been displaced and 70 known to have been killed due to the floods. [4] [6] This number is expected to rise as police continue to search for an unknown number of missing persons. [7] Eight of the country's nine provinces have been declared disaster areas, allowing for national funds to be distributed.
The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of climate change and rapid growth of urban areas, an international team of climate scientists ...
Torrential rains and flash floods that have ravaged East Africa for weeks has killed at least 352 people and displaced over one million across Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania according to ...
Frequent heavy rains causing damage and casualties between March and May are common in East Africa – in May 2020 around 80 people were killed by floods in Rwanda. Floods and droughts have increased in Rwanda over a 30-year period. [1] Rwanda's weather authority attributes the unusual rainfall patterns to climate change. [2]