African Floods Displace 600,000 and Kill 270

More than 600,000 Africans have been left homeless by intense flooding in 17 nations from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and 270 have died, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. Northern Uganda's crops have been wiped out, and 1.5 million are in danger of starvation.

More downpours and flooding are forecast. A recent NASA analysis found that tropical rain is increasing as the tropics warm from climate change. For more information on that study, and its possible links to the African floods, click here.

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