Climate Change and La Niña Drove Deadly Southern Africa Floods, Analysis Finds – The Mail & Guardian

Climate change and La Niña drove deadly southern Africa floods, analysis finds – The Mail & Guardian

Human-driven climate change, compounded by a La Niña weather pattern, fuelled the exceptionally intense rainfall that triggered catastrophic flooding in South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Eswatini in recent weeks, new research has found. The rapid attribution analysis by World Weather Attribution shows that the intensity of heavy downpours in the region has increased by about 40% since pre-industrial times, with some areas receiving more tha…

Fossil fuel dependence, La Niña devastate Kruger in climate ‘perfect storm’

The continued global reliance on traditional energy sources, particularly fossil fuels, collided with a powerful La Niña weather system to unleash a climate “perfect storm” that ravaged large parts of southern Africa, including the Kruger National Park, according to new scientific analysis. Researchers found that climate change intensified already heavy rainfall patterns, fuelling exceptionally severe downpours that triggered catastrophic floodi…