Storms

Informal settlements around the city, and the township of Khayelitsha, have been severely affected

South Africa’s rural areas and informal settlements need the greatest protection against climate change

Past climate conditions that led to intense tropical cyclones battering KwaZulu-Natal’s coast are similar to the ones projected now under global warming

But solutions can only be truly effective if funding and threat information reaches the local level

As the storm neared, schools were closed and inter-island hopper flight suspended

On December 30 last year, a violent storm caused extensive damage to some 1 326 properties

Tuesday’s storm was insane, a reminder of nature’s fury when the city was locked down, buried in water: the cost is going to be huge.

Hurricane Maria has brought devastation to the island of Puerto Rico and is responsible for 10 deaths so far

The Knysna fires and storms in the Cape are indicators that the climate is changing. Solutions, which exist, must be implemented.

Insurance claims and payouts are soaring as havoc wreaked by climate change in the form of violent storms, rain and hail continues to increase.

The City of Tshwane has declared a state of disaster in two areas, following heavy storms that caused damage of an estimated R100-million.

It will cost the Cape Agulhas municipality R10-million to fix damage to property caused by storms in Arniston at the weekend, says a report.

An intrepid local photographer, Des Jacobs is hooked on snapping nature’s own fireworks. Sipho Kings spoke to him.

Millions of Americans dug out from an epic winter storm on Wednesday that buried more than a third of the United States in drifting snow.

Scores of people were injured, some critically, by the strong winds and hail that hammered parts of the Eastern Cape.