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Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa's 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what’s to come. That can be both deadly and expensive, with damage running in the billions of dollars. The first Africa Climate Summit opens Monday in Kenya to highlight the continent that…

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Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted

Its 1.3 billion people have little advance knowledge of extreme weather events due to a lack of forecasting technology.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa’s 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what’s to come. That can be both deadly and expensive, with damage running in the billions of dollars. The first Africa Climate Summit opens Monday in Kenya to […]

Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. The first Africa Climate Summit opens Monday in Kenya to highlight the continent that will suffer the most from climate change while contributing to it the least. Significant investment in Africa's adaptation to climate change, including better forecasting, will be an urgent goal.

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As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared | 2023-09-03 15:07:21

Vast expanse of the 54-nation continent is relatively unserved and unwarned by inadequate weather forecasts.

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