MAP: Weather hazards impacts assessment for Africa ( May 29 - June 4, 2008)
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The late onset and poor performance of the March - May rains in parts of Ethiopia have led to failure of the short-season belg
crops and reduced food availability.
As a result of the Sahelian 2007 - 2008 dry season and decreasing outflow from Mali and Guinea, water levels along the Niger
River are very low and some tributaries have dried up. As the wet season begins, improvement is expected in water levels.





