MAP: Weather Hazards Impacts Assessment for Africa (October 23 - 29, 2008)
24 Oct 2008
Source: FEWSNET
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In the last seven days, consistent and plentiful rains were observed across many parts of southern and eastern Ethiopia,Somalia and northeastern Kenya. As rainfall totals remain above-average for the October-December season, anomalous moisture continues to replenish water resources, and begin improving areas impacted by long-term drought.
Tropical activity in the Indian Ocean basins is expected to bring increased moisture to parts of the Greater Horn and Southern Africa. An anomalously early-season cyclone developing in the southern Indian Ocean may result in significant amounts of rain and potential localized flooding along eastern portions of Madagascar.
A Melka Guba villager holds her sick and malnourished child in the village around Negele, southern Oromia, Ethiopia, in this November 18, 2008 handout photo. Successive years of drought have had ...
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