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Global Weather Hazards Summary, June 26, 2025 - July 02, 2025

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Global Overview: ENSO-neutral is present. Abnormal heat is present in northwestern and eastern and in western Afghanistan. Flood risk continues in Africa, Central America, and northern South America.

Africa Weather Hazards

Flooding risks remain high along the Gulf of Guinea; while dryness persists in eastern Africa.

1. Eastern Nigeria, western and northern Cameroon, and southern Chad face dryness.
2. Inundation persists in the Sudd wetlands of northern South Sudan.
3. Flooding continues in west-central Nigeria. Heavy rainfall has caused flooding in Kinshasa in the DRC. The Omo Gibe River has overflown, inundating districts bordering the Lake Turkana in southwestern Ethiopia. Northern Guinea-Conakry, coastal Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, and western Ethiopia face high flooding risks during the next week.
4. Sierra Leone, Liberia, eastern Guinea-Conakry, and southern Mali face dryness In West Africa, whereas South Sudan, southern Sudan, northeastern DRC, and northwestern Uganda experience dryness in eastern Africa.
5. Northwestern Ethiopia faces dryness due to below-average rainfall since the beginning of June.
6. Western Sahara, northwestern Mauritania, western Morocco, and areas of eastern Ethiopia are likely to experience hot conditions during the next week.
7. Southwestern South Africa faces localized flooding during the next week.