How climate change is devastating Madagascar

Madagascar has always had a cyclone season, but this one is particularly bad. The country has been hit by a succession of five tropical storms and cyclones, with a sixth brewing in the Mozambique Channel right now. This, according to World Weather Attribution, is a climate change disaster.

To be specific, climate change increases the rainfall intensity of cyclones and tropical storms. More rain falls at once, increasing the likelihood of flooding. It is floods that have done the most damage,...