Western Cape was flooded this week. These researchers are studying how deadly storms — and droughts — mess with your mind
Devastating storms hit the Western Cape on 11 and 12 May 2026, resulting in deaths, thousands of people being displaced, electricity outages, homes’ roofs being ripped off, submerged roads, sch…
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- Devastating storms hit the Western Cape on 11 and 12 May 2026, resulting in deaths, thousands of people being displaced, electricity outages, homes’ roofs being ripped off, submerged roads, sch…
- These researchers are studying how deadly storms — and droughts — mess with your mind
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Original report Western Cape was flooded this week. These researchers are studying how deadly storms — and droughts — mess with your mind
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Devastating storms hit the Western Cape on 11 and 12 May 2026, resulting in deaths, thousands of people being displaced, electricity outages, homes’ roofs being ripped off, submerged roads, sch…
When climate disasters strike Africa, the physical damage is obvious. But we’re only beginning to understand the psychological toll. Here’s why Western definitions of trauma can miss so much, and how one group of researchers are trying to get a better picture
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- Devastating storms hit the Western Cape on 11 and 12 May 2026, resulting in deaths, thousands of people being displaced, electricity outages, homes’ roofs being ripped off, submerged roads, sch…
- These researchers are studying how deadly storms — and droughts — mess with your mind
- When climate disasters strike Africa, the physical damage is obvious
- But we’re only beginning to understand the psychological toll
- Here’s why Western definitions of trauma can miss so much, and how one group of researchers are trying to get a better picture
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- Devastating storms hit the Western Cape on 11 and 12 May 2026, resulting in deaths, thousands of people being displaced, electricity outages, homes’ roofs being ripped off, submerged roads, sch…
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