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Climate change intensified deadly 2022 Durban floods, Wits study finds

Reservoir Hills Photo by Delwyn Verasamy Daily Maverick  A new scientific study led by the University of the Witwatersrand confirms that climate change significantly worsened the April 2022 Durban floods, which claimed 544 lives and displaced tens of thousands. The research, published in Communications Earth & Environment, models rainfall between 11–12 April as being 40% to 107% heavier than it would have been in a cooler, pre-industrial climate. Using kilometer-scale […]

today30 July, 2025