Global Weather Hazards Summary October 6–12, 2023

Drought in Ethiopia despite recent increased rainfall; flooding continues in West Africa

Africa Weather Hazards

1. Flooding persists in the Sudd wetlands in northern South Sudan.

2. Unevenly distributed rainfall since July has led to moderate to large seasonal rainfall deficits in western South Sudan, central and northeastern DRC, and southwestern Uganda.

3. Liberia is abnormally dry due to below-average rainfall.

4. Torrential, above-average rainfall has caused floods to continue along the Niger and Benue Rivers in Nigeria and the Blue Nile in eastern Sudan.

5. Floods due to heavy rainfall continue in Chad and northern Nigeria.

6. Western Mali, eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea are abnormally dry.

7. Heavy rainfall has caused rivers to rise in central Mali. Flooding has marginally eased in northern Ghana and northern Togo but remains unchanged in northwestern DRC.

8. Abnormal heat forecasted for Western Sahara, Morocco, northern and western Mauritania, northern and eastern Sudan, much of Eritrea, and northern Ethiopia.