Cyclone's huge floods endanger thousands in southern Africa
Study: Climate change a major factor in South Africa floods
Floods in South Africa's Durban area kill more than 340
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Durban floods: South Africa floods kill more than 300
By Shingai Nyoka,BBC News, Durban. AFP. Many Durban streets remain underwater. The death toll in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal has reached more than 300, after devastating floods ...
Flooding trends and their impacts on coastal communities of Western
This study examined the trends and impacts of coastal flooding in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Making use of archival climate data and primary data from key informants and field observations, it emerged that there is a statistically significant increase in the frequency of flooding and consequent human and economic losses from ...
Disaster management models need adjusting: a case study in South Africa
Alexandra is one of the oldest black urban settlements in South Africa, going back to the early 20th century. It is close to the affluent business district of Sandton and along the Jukskei River ...
Climate Change Doubled the Likelihood of Devastating South African Floods
The study on South Africa uses the same general method applied in many attribution studies. It uses climate models to compare simulations of the real world with simulations of a hypothetical world ...
Rediscovering South Africa: Flood disaster risk management through
2.2. Study approach. South Africa was selected due to the rapid urban growth with increasing pressure on the ecosystem of cities. Considering the risk of flood occurring in a given year at about 83.3% (Zuma et al., 2012), in the context of climate change and disaster risk, there are looming problems in the management of disaster in the country.Hence, this study adopts descriptive and ...
Why are floods in South Africa's
Read more: South African floods wreaked havoc because people are forced to live in disaster prone areas. In KwaZulu-Natal, the failure to practise risk-informed urban planning has left the ...
South Africa flooding: 'I had thought my house was safe'
Torrential floods have killed nearly 400 people in South Africa, with more rain forecast. <style>.hide-when-no-script { visibility: hidden; }</style> British Broadcasting Corporation
Vulnerability of Settlements to Floods in South Africa: A Focus on Port
The objective of the study was to highlight the flood vulnerabilities exhibited in different settlements in South Africa, using the case of the Port St Johns. The study utilised a cross-sectional survey design and a purposive sample of 195 respondents.
South Africa: Floods and Landslides
On 19-20 April, moderate rainfall is forecast over north-eastern South Africa, while no heavy rainfall is expected over the already affected Provinces. ( ECHO, 19 Apr 2022) Severe flooding and ...
(PDF) Vulnerability and Adaptation to Flood Hazards in Rural
This study examined flood vulnerability in three rural villages in South Africa's northern Limpopo Province and how communities are building resilience and coping with the hazard.
Climate change made extreme rains in 2022 South Africa floods 'twice as
Ayesha Tandon. The extreme rainfall that triggered one of South Africa's deadliest disasters of this century was made more intense and more likely because of climate change, a new "rapid-attribution" study finds. Over 11-12 April 2022, intense rains hit the eastern coast of South Africa - causing floods and landslides across the ...
Study: Climate change a major factor in South Africa floods
FILE - Floodwaters wash through a property near Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed to climate change, an analysis published Friday, May 13, 2022 by a team of leading climate scientists said.The World Weather Attribution group analyzed both historical and emerging sets of data from the ...
Flood Risk Predictions in African Urban Settlements: A ...
Flood disasters were frequently experienced throughout the recent decades in South Africa. The flood that occurred over most of Southern Africa from December 1999 to March ... Rufat, S., Tate, E., Burton, C. G., & Maroof, A. (2015). Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement. International Journal of ...
Epidemiology of floods in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of
We included studies that (1) were published in English from 2010 onwards, (2) presented associations between flood exposure and health indicators, (3) focused on sub-Saharan Africa, and (4) relied on a controlled study design, such as cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, or quasi-experimental approaches with a suitable ...
PDF An assessment of community flood vulnerability and adaptation: A case
An assessment of community flood vulnerability and adaptation: A case study of Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality, South Africa by Rendani Bigboy Munyai Student Number: 11614462 A dissertation submitted to Department of Geography & Geo-Information Sciences, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Environmental Science
2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods
2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods. In April 2022, days of heavy rain across KwaZulu-Natal in southeastern South Africa led to deadly floods. Particularly hard-hit were areas in and around Durban. At least 435 people died across the province, with an unknown number of people missing as of April 22. [2] Several thousand homes were damaged or destroyed.
Case study: South Africa (11-13 April 2022)
• An intense flooding hit the area in the period 11-13th April 2022. • Anomalously wet soil moisture conditions are present around Durban from the start of April, with a rapid increase during the flooding events from 11th to 13th April. Satellite products have identified and described the case study phenomenon, showing the
Floods in South Africa: protecting people must include a focus on women
The Durban (eThekwini) area of South Africa has experienced many floods over the recent years. They have wreaked havoc. For instance, in April 2019, a deadly flood and landslides hit the area .
South Africa: An assessment of flood vulnerability and adaptation: a
This study assesses flood vulnerability, levels of vulnerability, determinants of flood vulnerability and coping strategies for flood hazards in South Africa's Hamutsha-Muungamunwe village. The vulnerability and resilience of the local communities are key concepts in this study. Most households are vulnerable to flood hazards.
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Climate change has increased the frequency of extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall leading to floods in several regions. In Africa, rural communities are more vulnerable to flooding, particularly those that dwell in low altitude areas or near rivers and those regions affected by tropical storms. This study examined flood vulnerability in three rural villages in South Africa's ...
Flood risk management in Africa
However, in the past decade, across Africa, floods have overtaken droughts in terms of the number of people that they impact. The 2018-2019 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season resulted in a level of flood damage previously unseen in Africa (Masters, 2019). The main cause was Cyclone Idai, which primarily affected Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Modelling flood hazard in dry climates of southern Africa: a case of
The date coincided with the peak flood period in the study area. The MODIS image was downloaded from the MODIS Rapid Response System (https://earthdata.nasa.gov/). A total of 413 points were recorded using the above-mentioned exercises and these were subsequently integrated with environmental variables to derive a flood hazard map of the study ...
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Case Study - Storm and flooding in Western Cape. Between 6-8 June, much of South Africa's Western Cape province, including Cape Town, was hit by a powerful storm which resulted in casualties and severe disruptions. The South African Weather Service reported it as the worst winter storm in 30 years as mudslides, flash floods and gale force ...
Devastating drought and floods in Southern Africa: WFP Chief calls for
LUSAKA/JOHANNESBURG/ROME - Millions of people are facing food insecurity due to El Niño-fueled drought and floods in Southern Africa, WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain warned during a visit to Zambia, at the epicenter of the crisis. Severe drought has wiped out harvests in a region where 70 percent of the population relies on agriculture to survive.
Droughts and floods threaten 'humanitarian catastrophe ...
22 May 2024 Humanitarian Aid. Droughts and floods in southern Africa stemming from El Niño have left millions of people food insecure, warns World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain during a recent visit to Zambia - the epicentre of the crisis. The droughts have destroyed harvests in areas where 70 per cent of the ...
Five things to know about the catastrophic flooding in the East and
Torrential rains across the East and Horn of Africa have washed away homes, leaving thousands of people displaced. When flooding occurs, it is often refugees and other displaced people who are among the hardest hit because they live precarious lives in temporary or semi-permanent shelters in sites erected in often remote locations. Here is a look at the scale and impact of the flooding, its ...
Assessment of Flash Flooding Hazard and Groundwater Recharge ...
Flooding risk assessment clearly shows the urgent need for an evaluation planning program to mitigate hazards for vital areas. The Nile Valley area is always attacked by flooding; therefore, managing geohazards in these areas is critically important to find a relationship between flash floods and groundwater recharge potentials. The Wadi El-Assiuti basin is considered one of these important ...
Realisation of Human Development through the UN Sustainable Development
Critical analysis of economic parameters of millennium development goals: Case study of Gauteng (South Africa) and Bihar (India) (Doctoral Thesis, University of Delhi). Delhi: University of Delhi. Google Scholar. Slim H. (1995). What is development? Development in Practice, 5(2), 143-148. Crossref. Google Scholar.
Feasibility study for battery cell manufacturing in South Africa
The report shows that the South African battery storage market can be expected to grow from 270MWh in 2020 to 9,700MW in 2030 under the base-case scenario and 15,000MWh under the best-case scenario. In both cases, the electric vehicle sector is expected to drive the bulk of this growth.
Experiencing Negative Racial Stereotyping: The Case of Coloured ...
A study by Peters et al. notes that Coloured people in South Africa experienced racial negative stigmatisation in negative terms by South Africans. As Adhikari ( 2006, p. 143 ) writes about the continuities of negative stereotyping about Coloured people, '…these attitudes have been carried over into the post-apartheid period'.
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By Shingai Nyoka,BBC News, Durban. AFP. Many Durban streets remain underwater. The death toll in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal has reached more than 300, after devastating floods ...
This study examined the trends and impacts of coastal flooding in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Making use of archival climate data and primary data from key informants and field observations, it emerged that there is a statistically significant increase in the frequency of flooding and consequent human and economic losses from ...
Alexandra is one of the oldest black urban settlements in South Africa, going back to the early 20th century. It is close to the affluent business district of Sandton and along the Jukskei River ...
The study on South Africa uses the same general method applied in many attribution studies. It uses climate models to compare simulations of the real world with simulations of a hypothetical world ...
2.2. Study approach. South Africa was selected due to the rapid urban growth with increasing pressure on the ecosystem of cities. Considering the risk of flood occurring in a given year at about 83.3% (Zuma et al., 2012), in the context of climate change and disaster risk, there are looming problems in the management of disaster in the country.Hence, this study adopts descriptive and ...
Read more: South African floods wreaked havoc because people are forced to live in disaster prone areas. In KwaZulu-Natal, the failure to practise risk-informed urban planning has left the ...
Torrential floods have killed nearly 400 people in South Africa, with more rain forecast. <style>.hide-when-no-script { visibility: hidden; }</style> British Broadcasting Corporation
The objective of the study was to highlight the flood vulnerabilities exhibited in different settlements in South Africa, using the case of the Port St Johns. The study utilised a cross-sectional survey design and a purposive sample of 195 respondents.
On 19-20 April, moderate rainfall is forecast over north-eastern South Africa, while no heavy rainfall is expected over the already affected Provinces. ( ECHO, 19 Apr 2022) Severe flooding and ...
This study examined flood vulnerability in three rural villages in South Africa's northern Limpopo Province and how communities are building resilience and coping with the hazard.
Ayesha Tandon. The extreme rainfall that triggered one of South Africa's deadliest disasters of this century was made more intense and more likely because of climate change, a new "rapid-attribution" study finds. Over 11-12 April 2022, intense rains hit the eastern coast of South Africa - causing floods and landslides across the ...
FILE - Floodwaters wash through a property near Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed to climate change, an analysis published Friday, May 13, 2022 by a team of leading climate scientists said.The World Weather Attribution group analyzed both historical and emerging sets of data from the ...
Flood disasters were frequently experienced throughout the recent decades in South Africa. The flood that occurred over most of Southern Africa from December 1999 to March ... Rufat, S., Tate, E., Burton, C. G., & Maroof, A. (2015). Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement. International Journal of ...
We included studies that (1) were published in English from 2010 onwards, (2) presented associations between flood exposure and health indicators, (3) focused on sub-Saharan Africa, and (4) relied on a controlled study design, such as cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, or quasi-experimental approaches with a suitable ...
An assessment of community flood vulnerability and adaptation: A case study of Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality, South Africa by Rendani Bigboy Munyai Student Number: 11614462 A dissertation submitted to Department of Geography & Geo-Information Sciences, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Environmental Science
2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods. In April 2022, days of heavy rain across KwaZulu-Natal in southeastern South Africa led to deadly floods. Particularly hard-hit were areas in and around Durban. At least 435 people died across the province, with an unknown number of people missing as of April 22. [2] Several thousand homes were damaged or destroyed.
• An intense flooding hit the area in the period 11-13th April 2022. • Anomalously wet soil moisture conditions are present around Durban from the start of April, with a rapid increase during the flooding events from 11th to 13th April. Satellite products have identified and described the case study phenomenon, showing the
The Durban (eThekwini) area of South Africa has experienced many floods over the recent years. They have wreaked havoc. For instance, in April 2019, a deadly flood and landslides hit the area .
This study assesses flood vulnerability, levels of vulnerability, determinants of flood vulnerability and coping strategies for flood hazards in South Africa's Hamutsha-Muungamunwe village. The vulnerability and resilience of the local communities are key concepts in this study. Most households are vulnerable to flood hazards.
Climate change has increased the frequency of extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall leading to floods in several regions. In Africa, rural communities are more vulnerable to flooding, particularly those that dwell in low altitude areas or near rivers and those regions affected by tropical storms. This study examined flood vulnerability in three rural villages in South Africa's ...
However, in the past decade, across Africa, floods have overtaken droughts in terms of the number of people that they impact. The 2018-2019 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season resulted in a level of flood damage previously unseen in Africa (Masters, 2019). The main cause was Cyclone Idai, which primarily affected Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
The date coincided with the peak flood period in the study area. The MODIS image was downloaded from the MODIS Rapid Response System (https://earthdata.nasa.gov/). A total of 413 points were recorded using the above-mentioned exercises and these were subsequently integrated with environmental variables to derive a flood hazard map of the study ...
Case Study - Storm and flooding in Western Cape. Between 6-8 June, much of South Africa's Western Cape province, including Cape Town, was hit by a powerful storm which resulted in casualties and severe disruptions. The South African Weather Service reported it as the worst winter storm in 30 years as mudslides, flash floods and gale force ...
LUSAKA/JOHANNESBURG/ROME - Millions of people are facing food insecurity due to El Niño-fueled drought and floods in Southern Africa, WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain warned during a visit to Zambia, at the epicenter of the crisis. Severe drought has wiped out harvests in a region where 70 percent of the population relies on agriculture to survive.
22 May 2024 Humanitarian Aid. Droughts and floods in southern Africa stemming from El Niño have left millions of people food insecure, warns World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain during a recent visit to Zambia - the epicentre of the crisis. The droughts have destroyed harvests in areas where 70 per cent of the ...
Torrential rains across the East and Horn of Africa have washed away homes, leaving thousands of people displaced. When flooding occurs, it is often refugees and other displaced people who are among the hardest hit because they live precarious lives in temporary or semi-permanent shelters in sites erected in often remote locations. Here is a look at the scale and impact of the flooding, its ...
Flooding risk assessment clearly shows the urgent need for an evaluation planning program to mitigate hazards for vital areas. The Nile Valley area is always attacked by flooding; therefore, managing geohazards in these areas is critically important to find a relationship between flash floods and groundwater recharge potentials. The Wadi El-Assiuti basin is considered one of these important ...
Critical analysis of economic parameters of millennium development goals: Case study of Gauteng (South Africa) and Bihar (India) (Doctoral Thesis, University of Delhi). Delhi: University of Delhi. Google Scholar. Slim H. (1995). What is development? Development in Practice, 5(2), 143-148. Crossref. Google Scholar.
The report shows that the South African battery storage market can be expected to grow from 270MWh in 2020 to 9,700MW in 2030 under the base-case scenario and 15,000MWh under the best-case scenario. In both cases, the electric vehicle sector is expected to drive the bulk of this growth.
A study by Peters et al. notes that Coloured people in South Africa experienced racial negative stigmatisation in negative terms by South Africans. As Adhikari ( 2006, p. 143 ) writes about the continuities of negative stereotyping about Coloured people, '…these attitudes have been carried over into the post-apartheid period'.