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Southern Africa needs flood modelling now more than ever before

May 22 2023 By Thato Raboroko flood modelling, catastrophe modelling, reinsurance, risk management, risk mitigation

In the years between 2017 and 2023, Southern Africa experienced three of its deadliest tropical storms: Cyclone Idai (2019, 1 300 deaths); Cyclone Freddy (2023, 500+ deaths) and tropical storm Dineo (2017, 250 deaths). It also experienced Cyclone Kenneth (2019), Africa's strongest cyclone ever recorded. Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi are in the direct path of these devastating Indian Ocean storms, which are on track to in...

Flood risk modelling could have prepared us for the KZN floods

June 01 2022 By Thato Raboroko flood modelling, kzn floods 2022, thato roboroko, insurance analytics

South Africa is still reeling from the significant loss of life, and housing and infrastructural devastation, of the floods that rocked KwaZulu-Natal in April. The harsh reality is, this will happen again. Floods, wildfires, tropical cyclones and other climate change-related events have been increasing and will continue to increase in the future. Which begs the question - can risk modelling play a greater role in preparing communities for what's ...