Climate change has become a global issue and affects various regions at different levels. The hydro-climatic conditions and the natural fragility of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) make it prone to floods.

Using cutting-edge climate modelling developed by Professor Francois Engelbrecht, Director of the Global Change Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), new research formally and ...

South Africa is vulnerable to strong weather fronts that blow in from the Indian and Southern oceans. In 2022, more than 400 people died in flooding caused by prolonged heavy rains in the east ...

More than 400 people died in flooding in and around South Africa's east coast city of Durban in 2022, which a study linked to climate change.

Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods leave at least 49 dead By GERALD IMRAY The Associated Press,Updated June 12, 2025, 3:53 a.m.

More than 400 people died in flooding in and around the east coast city of Durban in 2022. Many victims of this week's floods in the Eastern Cape were living on flood plains near rivers.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 57, a government minister visiting the scene of the disaster said Thursday.

South Africa is vulnerable to strong weather fronts that blow in from the Indian and Southern oceans. In 2022, more than 400 people died in flooding caused by prolonged heavy rains in the east ...