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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Flash flooding in parts of Uganda, following torrential rain and the 50 percent chance of an El Nin\u0303o coming to Uganda in the second half of 2023, has left weather experts in the country painting doomsday scenarios.<\/p>\n

The Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) has warned of a possible outbreak of malaria and other waterborne diseases endemic in the country such as cholera and bilharzia. Health officials have been urged to be on the lookout for another type of flood\u2014that of patients.<\/p>\n

Already, the Health ministry has embarked on a \u201cfree mosquito net campaign.\u201d Locals have also been advised to clear any breeding grounds for mosquitoes such as floodplains along stream and river banks.<\/p>\n

Releasing the monthly rainfall update for May, Mr Bob Alex Ogwang\u2014UNMA\u2019s acting executive director\u2014revealed that there is \u201ca slight tendency to above normal rainfall during the forecast period.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Ogwang also revealed that most parts of the country grappled with \u201cwetter conditions\u201d in April.<\/p>\n

The highest amount of rainfall was recorded at Kamenyamigo station in Lwengo District, with a total of 512 millimetres (mm).<\/p>\n

This was followed by Entebbe Water Resource Department in Wakiso District, with an amount of 493.1mm, Kagulu S\/C in Buyende District, with 459.7mm, Kituuza CRU Station in Mukono District, with 411.5mm.<\/p>\n

The lowest amount was registered at Butiaba station in Buliisa District, with 29.9mm. Elsewhere, Lwampanga Station in Nakasongola District mustered just 86.2mm. Rainfall is measured using a rain gauge that typically takes stock of precipitation in millimetres in height collected during a given period.<\/p>\n

In terms of temporal rainfall distribution or the number of days with rainfall activity, Kagulu S\/C Station experienced the highest number, with an observation of 22 days in the month.<\/p>\n

The May rains have left a trail of destruction in the country. Violent winds, floods, mudslides, hailstorms, and thunderstorms have claimed lives and destroyed a number of public infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Incidents have been reported in Rukungiri District where flash floods, among others, claimed three lives, destroyed crops in the districts of Oyam and Bulambuli and displaced residents in Ntoroko, Kasese, and Butaleja.<\/p>\n

While delivering a flash update this week, Ms Esther Davinia Anyakun\u2014the junior Disaster Preparedness and Refugees minister\u2014urged \u201ccommunities staying in floods and landslide-prone areas to relocate to safer zones to avoid re-occurrence of disasters which have claimed many people.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cPeople must understand that these areas tend to be dangerous during the rainy season after slope failures.\u201d<\/p>\n

A number of districts are grappling with internally-displaced persons due to extreme weather events. These include Kampala, Wakiso, Masaka, Kayunga, Amolatar, Apac, Nakasongola, Bulisa, Ntoroko, and Kasese.<\/p>\n

UNMA\u2019s forecasts indicate that there will be average to enhanced rainfall during the MAM (March, April, May) period, with chances of the latter highly probable in the eastern and north eastern regions. Equally affected is the southern sector of the country. This includes districts in southwestern, western and around the Lake Victoria basin.<\/p>\n

Nearly 50 districts from the sub-regions of Lango, Teso, Karamoja, Bugisu, Bukedi, Sebei, Busoga, Kigezi, and Bunyoro are high-risk for water logging, wind storms and landslides during the MAM period. With many gardens expected to be impacted negatively by water logging, the Office of the Prime Minister is readying itself for a food crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a Ministry of Disaster Preparedness in collaboration with UNMA, we will intensify the dissemination of early warning messages and provide updates through early warning bulletins, talkshows, social media platforms and press statements that will be issued from time to time,\u201d Ms Anyakun revealed.<\/p>\n

The El Nin\u0303o outlook, meanwhile, remains at what UNMA describes as an \u201cEl Nin\u0303o watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Ogwang said this means that while the El Nin\u0303o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is currently neutral, there is approximately a 50 percent chance of El Nin\u0303o developing in the second season of 2023.<\/p>\n

El Nin\u0303o watch, he added, is not a guarantee that El Nin\u0303o will occur; rather an indication that some of the typical pre cursors are currently in place.<\/p>\n

The ENSO is a cycle of warm and cold sea surface temperature that can create nightmarish conditions by either increasing rainfall or raising temperatures.<\/p>\n

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