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National disaster: In Limpopo and Mpumalanga, an extended tropical weather system unleashed torrential rainfall and severe flooding that killed at least 37 people. Photo: SANPARKS
CLIMATE CHANGE SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa’s summer of extremes

Floods, wildfires and water shortages: This is a warning of the real costs of climate change, experts say

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Hotting up: A vendor sells fish at a market in Yakutsk. Eastern Siberia had an air temperature of -35ºC in November 2018. The coldest temperature forecast for November this year is -26ºC Photo: Mladen Antonov/AFP
CLIMATE CHANGE

September’s hot world record reignites climate alarm

Globally the month was 0.05°C warmer than in 2019 and 0.8°C warmer than in 2016, which previously held the records for the warmest and second warmest September on record.

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read