Death toll rises to over 100 following devastating flash floods, landslides in Ethiopia

Death toll rises to over 100 following devastating flash floods, landslides in Ethiopia

As the world gets hotter due to out-of-control air pollution, extreme weather events are growing more common and more intense. That has a measurable cost in human lives, as some scientists have observed.  For example, in the Gamo Zone of southern Ethiopia, flooding and landslides killed at least 102 people in early March. What's happening? According to the BBC, over 100 people died after heavy rains in Ethiopia, mostly in highland areas. The tow…