/ 28 February 2025

Extreme weather: How SA’s major cities try to build resilience

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Precarious: Intense weather resulted in the April 2022 floods in KwaZulu-Natal, which led to 459 deaths and damage to infrastructure amounting to about R17 billion. Photo: X/KwaZulu-Natal government

Blocked waterways, settlements in flood plains, alien vegetation and other factors exacerbate the issue

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