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MAP: Weather hazards impacts assessment for Africa (March 13- March 19,2008)
17 Mar 2008
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Tropical Cyclone Jokwe skimmed Madagascar and Mozambique last week before moving out towards the middle of the Mozambique Channel.
What began as a wetter-than-normal October-May season in southern Africa has become critically dry in some areas.
Preseasonal rains did not arrive in Ethiopia, and forecasts are not favorable for the March - May season.

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