Cyclones in Southern Africa

Godwell Nhamo is a Full Professor and Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa (UNISA). He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C-Rated researcher in the fields of Climate Change and Governance, Green Economy and Sustainable Development. He holds a PhD from Rhodes University (South Africa), an MSc from the University of Botswana (Botswana) and a BSc Honours from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe). Kaitano Dube is an Ecotourism Management Lecturer at Vaal University of Technology (South Africa). He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) Y-Rated tourism geographer researching in the area of tourism, climate change and sustainability. He holds a PhD and MSc from the University of South Africa (South Africa). He graduated with a BSc Hons from Midlands State University in Gweru (Zimbabwe).

Part1. Introduction and Background.- Chapter1. Tropical cyclones as an emerging global disaster risk and management issue.- Part2. Characterization and tracking of Cyclones.- Chapter2. Meteorological and climatic aspects of cyclone Idai and Kenneth.- Chapter3. A review of Tropical Cyclone Idai forecasting, warning message dissemination and public response aspects of early warning systems in southern Africa.- Chapter4. Re-visiting Zimbabwe's early warning systems in the light of Tropical Cyclone Idai.- Part3. Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Systems.- Chapter5. Fundamentals in disaster risk reduction: From Hyogo to Sendai Framework and beyond with an elevation on climate change.- Chapter6. ICT Readiness for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from Tropical Cyclone Idai.- Chapter7. Building inclusive disaster management systems: Opportunities and constraints in addressing the needs of the vulnerable.- Chapter8. The Africa We Want and extreme events: Insights from the nexus of COVID-19, cyclones floods and continental sustainability.- Chapter9. Challenges and Opportunities of implementing the SADC legal and institutional framework for Disaster Risk Reduction during Cyclone Idai: Case of Zimbabwe and South Africa.- Part4. Knowledge systems and related approaches.- Chapter10. Natural disasters and the role of pharmacists: A focus on policy and protocols in South Africa.- Chapter11. Impact of cyclones and extreme floods on traditional medicines and indigenous knowledge systems in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe.- Chapter12. Uncertainty in Disaster Risk Management: A Reflection on Cyclone Idai Using the Systems Thinking Approach.- Chapter13. The role of Hunhu/Ubuntu as a local community response to floods and cyclones in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe.- Chapter14. Exploring Linkages between Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Conventional Flood Forecasting in the aftermath of Tropical Idai in Chikwawa, Malawi.- Chapter15. Disaster Risk Reduction Governance in Southern Africa: Focus on budgets and institutional competencies.- Chapter16. Media discourses on natural disasters and management: A case of Cyclones Idai, Kenneth and floods in four Southern Africa countries.- Part5. The Policy Space.- Chapter17. Concluding remarks: De-risking tropical cyclones in the era of climate change emergency.