World Weather Attribution (WWA)highlighted that “of a total of seven WWA studies that produced inconclusive results, four focused on weather events in Africa”, while “investment in climate science and weather stations in Africa is needed to help countries understand changing extremes and prepare for the future”. Their recent study of the April 2025 disastrously heavy rainfall in Kinshasa province that caused 33 deaths found that similar downpours are expected every two years and could become heavier with climate change, but the scientists could not quantify its influence because of a lack of reliable data characteristic of the Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as inadequate performance of climate models.
Their previous study on a 2023 flood in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was similarly inconclusive for the same reasons, highlighting an ongoing need to invest in weather monitoring stations and climate science to understand changing weather extremes in Central Africa.
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