Climate Crisis Tightens Grip On Africa As Extreme Weather Ravages Continent

WMO warns of worsening climate crisis across Africa – Famagusta Gazette

FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE – Climate change is taking a severe toll on Africa, with persistent droughts and deadly floods affecting millions, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report. The agency highlighted that temperatures in North Africa last year were 1.28 degrees Celsius above the long-term average, marking one of the sharpest regional increases. In Southern Africa, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe experienced their worst drou…

Climate Crisis Tightens Grip On Africa As Extreme Weather Ravages Continent

Africa is reeling under the mounting impacts of climate change, with scorching heatwaves, devastating floods, and prolonged droughts displacing hundreds of thousands, disrupting education, and pushing food systems to the brink of collapse, according to a sobering new report from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The continent’s temperatures in 2024 soared to 0.86°C above the 1991-2020 average, with North Africa experiencing the m…

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).- Africa lived in 2024 one of the most critical years of its recent history in climate terms, according to the latest report of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).The continent was hit by a succession of extreme weather events that severely disrupted agriculture, food security, water availability and [...] The post Africa vs. climate change: a continent at the limit by extreme events in 2024 appeared first on Hisp…