Talk:2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods

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Pre-emptive note

Although the floods were caused by the precursor to Subtropical Depression Issa, no sources explicitly link them so we cannot connect the two for the time being. The South African Weather Service even went out of its way to say it was not a tropical cyclone event. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 04:43, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Accuweather links them. Not exactly the most reliable of sources. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 22:04, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Number of deaths

Seems like there's some inconsistencies in the article, due to partial updates. BBC says 250+, but doesn't give a round figure. We should only be using exact figures if they're also sourced in the article. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:13, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

EWN says 253, so will add that. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:26, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Subtropical Storm Issa

I don’t think the page should be called 2022 KwaZalu-Natal floods. I think it should be called Subtropical Storm Issa. We could probably make a page for Issa and keep this one though like with Tropical Cyclone Ana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hurricane Su (talk • contribs) 00:39, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See #Pre-emptive note. If Issa is notable, it can be created separately, but this flood is clearly notable enough for its own article. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:39, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be a Wanda situation, which was a notable nor'easter that later became a named storm. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:16, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In this case though, Issa became named while impacts were still ongoing, so one could still attribute the flooding to that of Issa. With Wanda, the nor'easter and naming of the system were multiple days apart. It makes more sense for a separate article to exist on Issa, or something of the sort. VantaWiki (talk) 00:26, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Issa is not notable enough for a standalone article, it was a weak subtropical depression that existed for just a couple of days. Having a section of this article dedicated to Issa should suffice. Buttons0603 (talk) 22:00, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rainfall map

The article's lead-off figure is an area map of "Rainfall totals recorded", but much of the heavy rainfall is placed in the ocean. How was this rainfall recorded? (I imagine not by leaving containers out and noting the depth of the water in them afterwards.) If the rainfall was measured (or calculated) in an unusual way (such as calculated from radar reflections), this should be explained. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 19:12, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

May 2022Bokoharamwatch (talk) 16:45, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Wasn;t there flooding in May?

Geography

Aprial floods 2022 in KwaZulu-Natal had huge impact on human environmental impact 169.239.209.64 (talk) 13:42, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What’s happen in there 169.239.209.64 (talk) 13:43, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

couses of flood 105.245.236.20 (talk) 18:29, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Geography

The Impact of Tropical cyclones has Caused flood In Kwazulu Natal 41.13.100.114 (talk) 17:31, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@41.13.100.114 105.245.236.20 (talk) 18:26, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]