Gabs floods linked to climate change, urbanisation – study

As the Greater Gaborone residents recover from the February floods that saw Segoditshane River swell to its unprecedented levels and sweep cars off, flattening walls, and submerging houses from the western suburbs of Block 5 all the way to Mochudi, scientists are pointing to a pattern, and it is only getting worse.

Lately, scientists have been investigating the influence of climate change on extreme weather such as heatwaves, hurricanes, and floods. This study, finding a link between climate change and extreme weather, is called 'attribution'.