{"id":81679,"date":"2026-02-26T14:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=81679"},"modified":"2026-02-26T19:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:03:33","slug":"floods-weather-extremes-community-resilience-limpopo-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/81679\/floods-weather-extremes-community-resilience-limpopo-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Floods, weather extremes and community resilience in Limpopo, South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sipho Dzambukeri leads Daily Maverick journalist Lerato Mutsila through the devastated landscape of Mbaula Village in Giyani, Limpopo. Surrounding them are several homes destroyed by severe flooding.
\u00a9 Felix Dlangamandla \/ Daily Maverick<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

In Limpopo, South Africa, devastating floods expose the destructive power of extreme weather supercharged by a fossil fuelled climate crisis. Yet community resilience shines through as neighbours unite to rebuild and adapt amid climate extremes. <\/p>\n\n

A low-pressure system that began in Mozambique gutted homes, washed away roads, and took more than 30 lives. In neighbouring countries, the death toll went into the hundreds and nearly a million people were displaced.<\/p>\n

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