Unusually heavy rains could fall in parts of South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya over the coming days, the East African Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) said on Wednesday.
“More than usual rainfall (was) expected over central to eastern South Sudan, central to western Ethiopia, parts of south-western and eastern Sudan, northern Uganda, and central and north-western Kenya,” ICPAC said in a weekly rainfall forecast posted on its website.
It added that “less than usual rainfall (was) expected over southern and parts of eastern Sudan, north-western South Sudan, eastern Ethiopia, parts of western Eritrea, Djibouti, central Uganda and parts of western Kenya”.
ICPAC is part of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) bloc and provides climate services to 11 East African countries.
The organisation warned that there was “a likelihood of flooding incidences over the flood prone areas in western Sudan, eastern South Sudan and pockets in central Ethiopia”.
“Rainfall exceeding the 90th percentile (the highest 10% on record) is expected over parts of eastern South Sudan, south-western and south-eastern Sudan, central and western Ethiopia and western Eritrea,” it added.
