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Preview of Global Weather Hazards Summary September 22-28, 2023.pdf

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Parts of East and West Africa are expected to be abnormally hot and wet next week

Africa Weather Hazards

  1. Flooding persists in the Sudd wetlands in northern South Sudan.
  2. Moderate short-term moisture deficits are present across western South Sudan, central and northeastern DRC, and southwestern Uganda.
  3. Liberia is abnormally dry.
  4. Floods continue along the Niger and Benue Rivers and the Blue Nile in eastern Sudan due to torrential, above-average rainfall.
  5. Heavy rainfall during the past several weeks has caused floods in Chad and northern Nigeria.
  6. Southern Mali, southeastern Mauritania, eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea are abnormally dry.
  7. Heavy rainfall has caused rising river levels in central Mali and northern Senegal and flooding in many parts of Liberia, northern Ghana, northern Togo, and northwestern DRC.
  8. Northern Mali, southern Algeria, northern Ethiopia, and Botswana are forecasted to be abnormally hot next week.

Source https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-weather-hazards-summary-september-22-28-2023&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjVjYWMzMDRkNTczNGIxNjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw3LG1Kr46qQfxzvfB7NVs-F