Johannesburg, Jan 29, 2026 (AFP) - Climate change 'significantly' worsened southern Africa floods: study

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Areas of southern Africa received a year's worth of rainfall in just 10 days in January as climate change made devastating floods "significantly more intense", scientists said Thursday. Torrential downpours since December have left large swathes of Mozambique underwater, affecting more than half a million people and claiming dozens of lives, with damage and losses also reported in neighbouring South Africa and Zimbabwe. "Extreme 10-day rainfall e......

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