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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Environment
Saphora Smith

Climate crisis fuelled Africa’s back-to-back deadly cyclones, study finds

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Recent extreme rainfall in southeast Africa earlier this year was more intense and damaging due to the climate crisis, scientists have found.

In a study published on Monday, scientists who are part of the World Weather Attribution group found that climate change made destructive showers more likely during back-to-back storms in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique at the beginning of this year.

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