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In recent years, research Wright and colleagues led has highlighted how prolonged heat exposure places outdoor workers, children, older people and low-income communities at increased risk of dehydration, heat stress, respiratory illness and other adverse health outcomes. The risks are expected to intensify as temperatures continue to rise. (Envato Elements)
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Extreme heat is becoming Southern Africa’s defining climate and health threat, report warns

Extreme heat is no longer a future problem. A major new report warns it is intensifying inequality, illness and climate vulnerability across Southern Africa and the worst-hit are…

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
By expanding SAWS’s observation network, the partnership seeks to close critical forecasting gaps in regions vulnerable to floods, storms and extreme rainfall
FREE STATE RAINFALL RECORD

Parts of SA experience one of the wettest Octobers on record

The South African Weather Service says some parts of the country exceeded long-term monthly averages by as much as 500% to 1000%

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
A general view of containers that fell over at a container storage facility following heavy rains and winds in Durban, on April 12, 2022. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)
APRIL FLOODS

KwaZulu-Natal on high alert for disruptive rain and flooding

Still contending with the effects of the April 2022 floods, KwaZulu-Natal was on Wednesday placed on high alert following warnings of severe weather

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read