{"id":6272,"date":"2021-07-26T16:46:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?p=6272"},"modified":"2021-07-26T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:14:08","slug":"minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands","title":{"rendered":"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Ethiopia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>July 26,2021 (ENA) The rainfall in Ethiopian highlands is pouring and quantities reaching the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) are currently over 6,000 cubic meters per second, making downstream flooding possible, Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Sileshi Bekele said.<\/p>\n

The surcharge at GERD has already risen by 5m, he added.<\/p>\n

The minister further twitted that \u201cGERD is a guardian for downstream by reducing flood and increasing water during drought, but not a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those wrongly accusing Ethiopia should come to senses and appreciate its useful investment not only for Ethiopia but also for the region, he pointed out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ethiopia. July 26,2021 (ENA) The rainfall in Ethiopian highlands is pouring and quantities reaching the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) are currently over 6,000 cubic meters per second, making downstream flooding possible, Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Sileshi Bekele said. The surcharge at GERD has already risen by 5m, he added. The minister […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,8],"tags":[233,277,235],"class_list":["post-6272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ethiopia-2","tag-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"\nMinister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands - Ethiopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 26,2021 (ENA) The rainfall in Ethiopian highlands is pouring and quantities reaching the Grand Ethiopian Renaissanc ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"July 26,2021 (ENA) The rainfall in Ethiopian highlands is pouring and quantities reaching the Grand Ethiopian Renaissanc ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethiopia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-26T16:46:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/07\/img-60fedf39c71ca.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"462\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-26T16:46:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands\"},\"wordCount\":112,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/07\/img-60fedf39c71ca.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ethiopia\",\"ethiopia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands\",\"name\":\"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands - Ethiopia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/07\/img-60fedf39c71ca.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-26T16:46:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"July 26,2021 (ENA) The rainfall in Ethiopian highlands is pouring and quantities reaching the Grand Ethiopian Renaissanc ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/07\/img-60fedf39c71ca.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/07\/img-60fedf39c71ca.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":462,\"caption\":\"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/\",\"name\":\"Ethiopia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands - Ethiopia","description":"July 26,2021 (ENA) The rainfall in Ethiopian highlands is pouring and quantities reaching the Grand Ethiopian Renaissanc ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands","og_description":"July 26,2021 (ENA) The rainfall in Ethiopian highlands is pouring and quantities reaching the Grand Ethiopian Renaissanc ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands","og_site_name":"Ethiopia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-07-26T16:46:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":462,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/07\/img-60fedf39c71ca.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands","datePublished":"2021-07-26T16:46:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands"},"wordCount":112,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/07\/img-60fedf39c71ca.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Ethiopia","ethiopia"],"articleSection":["all news","community","head lines","homepage-english"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands","name":"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands - Ethiopia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/07\/img-60fedf39c71ca.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-26T16:46:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"July 26,2021 (ENA) The rainfall in Ethiopian highlands is pouring and quantities reaching the Grand Ethiopian Renaissanc ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/07\/img-60fedf39c71ca.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/07\/img-60fedf39c71ca.jpg","width":720,"height":462,"caption":"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/minister-predicts-possible-flooding-in-downstream-countries-due-to-heavy-rainfall-in-highlands#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Minister Predicts Possible Flooding in Downstream Countries Due to Heavy Rainfall in Highlands"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/","name":"Ethiopia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}