Climate change made deadly S. Africa rains twice as likely

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Paris (AFP) May 13, 2022

Rainfall that caused catastrophic floods and landslides last month in and around Durban, South Africa, was made twice as likely by global warming, scientists said Friday. An exceptional downpour - more than 35 centimetres (14 inches) over two days - on April 11-12 claimed hundreds of lives and caused $1.5 billion in damage across the provinces KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. Without c

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