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Africa Weather Hazards
Heavy rainfall and Tropical Cyclone DIKELEDI trigger flooding in eastern southern Africa.
- Inundation remains in the Sudd wetlands of South Sudan.
- Poorly-distributed rainfall since late September has resulted in abnormal dryness and drought across central and southern Somalia. In southern Africa, central Angola, eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Madagascar face abnormal dryness. Drought has settled in across east-central and eastern Madagascar.
- Hot conditions are likely in southern Angola, eastern Tanzania, and northeastern Mozambique during the next week.
- Flooding persists in east-central Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Tropical Cyclone DIKELEDI has caused flooding in northeastern Mozambique and northern Madagascar. DIKELEDI will likely result in flooding in southwestern Madagascar. Flooding occur in eastern Botswana, southern and northern Zimbabwe, central and eastern South Africa, and southernmost Mozambique. High risks of flooding exist in eastern southern Africa and Madagascar during the next week.