OPINION: Tropical Storm Ana in January, Tropical Cyclone Batsirai in February, then Dumako, Emnati and Gombe in quick succession: three cyclones and two ‘tropical storms’ in six weeks hit the coasts of south-east Africa. Literally millions were made homeless in Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa in three months. “It is telling us that climate change is serious, it is here,” said South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. Likewise ‘tropical storms’ and ‘subtropical depressions’; same beast again but with a lower wind speed. And maybe southern Africa is the place to try it, because they haven’t got used to a constant procession of violent tropical storms yet.

Source: Stuff April 27, 2022 01:34 UTC