The urban population in Malawi face cyclones, storm surges, heat stress, extreme precipitation, flooding, landslides, drought, and water scarcity with increasing regularity as climate change escalates. The country recently suffered greatly from the effects of the 2019 Cyclones Idai and Kenneth and the tropical Storm Ana and Cyclone Gombe in 2022. In the capital city of Lilongwe, where 76% of the urban population lives in informal settlements, the storms and cyclones caused tremendous damage – particularly in the informal settlements in the Kaliyeka, Mchesi, Kawale and Mtandire wards.