Floods That Killed Over 1,000 Africans to Become Commonplace
- Sudan can expect torrential rain every three years, group says
- Floods across the Sahel have killed more than 1,000 this year
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Floods that killed more than 1,000 people this year across Africa’s Sahel region will become a regular occurrence because of climate change, according to scientists collaborating under the World Weather Attribution initiative.
In recent months torrential rain has wreaked havoc across a 2,600-mile area from Africa’s west coast to Sudan in the east. The extreme weather has washed away crops, caused dams to burst and disrupted the lives of millions of people in a region that abuts the southern border of the Sahara Desert. The intensity of the precipitation, the scientists said, was exacerbated by climate change.