Fire season has increased by up to 40% in Africa
Since the beginning of 2022, extreme weather events in Africa have affected about 19 million people and killed at least 4,000 individuals. The severe weather occurrences were cyclones, floods, heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, and famine. Famine and drought have affected eight million people in Ethiopia and killed 2,500 people in Uganda. Between 2000 and 2019, Kenya, South Africa, and Mozambique experienced around 75% of the flooding incidences in Africa. The deadliest floods in Nigeria in a decade claimed more than 600 lives. In the South African provinces of KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape in April 2022, landslides and floods resulted in the deaths of 459 persons and the displacement of an additional 40,000. While flooding in urban areas in Africa is attributed to poor drainage systems, it is attributed to deforestation in rural areas. Six powerful storms that hit Southern African nations, including Madagascar and Mozambique, killed at least 890 people. In August and October 2022, flooding in Chad hurt around two million people. Temperatures in Tunisia in July 2022 hit 48 °C, fueling extremely severe wildfires. In 2019, heatwave hotspots were distinctly identified across western-coastal, north-western, southern, and equatorial Africa. African urban areas generally exhibit significantly higher air and surface temperatures than their surrounding rural areas. Natural disasters and extreme weather events brought on by climate change may compromise access to clean water, sanitation systems, and healthcare facilities, making people more vulnerable to several illnesses.
ACCREC USA discusses ALL these difficulties, including health effects, including the mental health effects of extreme weather events that commonly occur in Africa, as well as strategies that can be used to reduce these health effects on the continent.
ACCREC, therefore, seeks your partnership and donations of items like old fire trucks, water tanks, borehole drills, and or shipping funds to help the vulnerable
