How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands

<p>Adaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warn</p><p>Dozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts of west Africa last month.</p><p>Now scientists have concluded that the rains that caused the floods were supercharged by climate breakdown. Global heating, they say, turned what should have been a routine weather event into a climate catastrophe.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/how-global-heating-supercharged-floods-west-africa-displacing-thousands">Continue reading...</a>