Cyclone Chida, a powerful category four storm, ripped through communities in the southern Indian Ocean off the coast of east Africa ... with the odd intrepid South African or wandering Frenchie.

In fact, the whole South Africa coast—from the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean to the kelp beds of ... catches the worst of the weather. Sir Francis Drake is said to have called the Cape of ...

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in Australia, a period of hot, dry weather has ... floods in eastern Africa and droughts in south-east Asia and Australia. "When an Indian Ocean dipole event ...