Floods kill at least 170 in Malawi
Heavy rains over the past month have caused massive flooding in Malawi and Mozambique in southeastern Africa, killing at least 100 people killed and leaving over 100,000 homeless. Malawian President Peter Mutharika declared over half the nation's districts a disaster area, and has appealed to the international community for aid and supplies.
In a sad irony, Malawian farmers had just previously delayed their planting season by a month due to lack of rain. That sort of herky-jerky swing from one weather extreme to the other is a major characteristic of climate change, which particularly threatens Africa.
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