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Global Overview: ENSO-neutral conditions continue. Heavy rainfall continued in several portions of Africa including, Kenya, southern Somalia, and Mozambique. Tropical Storm Sara brought extreme rainfall to many parts of Central America. Flooding rains are occurring in parts of Colombia.
Africa Weather Hazards
Heavy rainfall continued in central and eastern Kenya and southern Somalia; Mozambique and eastern/northeastern South Africa experienced heavy localized rains.
1. The Sudd wetlands in South Sudan remain inundated with improvements along the upstream White Nile.
2. Heavy and above-average rainfall has led to flooding in northeastern Ethiopia.
3. Heavy rainfall has led to severe flooding in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, northern Sierra Leone, central and southern Mali, Senegal, southern Niger, northern Nigeria, central and southern Chad, and northern Cameroon. However, flooding conditions have improved substantially across Nigeria.
4. Insufficient rainfall during July and August has led to abnormal dryness in Ghana, central Togo, central Benin, and parts of western Nigeria. Northern Ghana, eastern Nigeria and central and eastern Cameroon have also experienced abnormal dryness and drought as a result of a poor rainfall distribution.
5. Southeastern Ethiopia's lowlands and central to southern Somalia have faced below-average rainfall. However, heavy rainfall in November in eastern Kenya and southern Somalia has alleviated some of the dryness, although conditions have deteriorated, leading to drought in central Somalia.
6. Abnormally hot conditions are forecasted in northwestern Africa and parts of Madagascar.
7. Localized heavy rainfall may result in flash floods in Angola. The Ituri province in northeastern DR Congo have experienced heavy rain and floods due to the overflow of Lake Albert since beginning of November.