major hazard across Africa  and is increasing . An increase in extreme poverty and up to a 35% decrease in consumption has been associated with exposure to flood shocks . Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region globally that did not show decreasing rates of flood mortality since the 1990s . Economic opportunities, transportation of goods and services, and mobility and access to essential services, including health and education, are greatly hindered by flooding . Severe impacts from tropical cyclone landfalls have been recorded in east and southeastern Africa (Rapolaki and Reason, 2018; Cambaza
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