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Strengthening the capacity of the Climate Services Centre and implementation of the SADC Disaster Framework requires urgent government attention. (Getty Images)

Southern Africa’s dangerous information gap exacerbates natural disasters

During Cyclone Idai, responses were hampered by a shortage of reliable information. This has worrying implications for dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic

Floods in countries such as Mozambique (above), Uganda, Malawi and other Great Lakes countries take lives. Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

Conflict and cost hamper Mozambique cyclone response

Cyclone recovery has been further complicated by the cost of humanitarian and reconstruction efforts as well as a mysterious insurgency

Floods in countries such as Mozambique (above), Uganda, Malawi and other Great Lakes countries take lives. Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

Mozambique braces for violent floods after Cyclone Kenneth

The first floods have already been seen in some parts of Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado province, as well as in surrounding areas

Close shave: Odd eyebrows and the pastor of Doom and other false prophets should have gone with Dineo.

SA Twitter jokes about deadly Dineo

The humour invoked the chaos at the State of the Nation address and corrupt politicians

The coal port, a bit further up the Maputo River, has also grown and aims to export 20-million tonnes of coal a year by 2020.

Maputo’s new port will struggle to weather the coming storm

Rising temperatures cause cyclones that will batter the new port built to ship coal to countries who plan to move from this energy source

Cyclone Funso causes floods in Malawi, 5 000 displaced

Villagers in south Malawi have fled their flooded homes as the Shire and Ruo rivers burst their banks due to Mozambique’s deadly cyclone.

Deadly tropical cyclone hits Mozambique

After torrential rains in southern Mozambique last week, the country has been hit by a tropical cyclone in the north, killing at least 12 people.