Climate change significantly worsened deadly 2022 Durban floods, study shows

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Jul 28, 2025, 11:00 am86 pts
The catastrophic Durban floods of April 2022, which claimed 544 lives and displaced tens of thousands, were made significantly worse by climate change, a new study led by Wits University has confirmed.

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