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Published on 2024-03-09 12:31:54
Cameroon is set to experience unprecedented rainfall in the next three months, the highest recorded in the past 50 years. This announcement was made by Armand Soleil Bata, the head of the climate forecasting department at the National Observatory on Climate Change in Cameroon (Onacc). Speaking to the press, the Onacc official announced that the amount of rainfall in the next three months is expected to significantly exceed that recorded in the past fifty years on national territory.
The return of this precipitation is expected in the second half of this month of March, according to forecasts. Since February, some cities in the country have already been affected by the first rains, such as Yaoundé and Douala, the two main metropolitan areas of Cameroon. The announced rains will mainly affect the regions of Center, South, West, East, and Littoral.
In the cities of Yaoundé and Douala, strong floods and significant material damage are already expected. Forward-thinking decentralized territorial communities like the Douala municipality are already working to prevent new floods this year. To achieve this goal, the municipality has initiated drainage sanitation works. Mayor Roger Mbassa Ndine personally inspected the drainage sanitation works leading to the Wouri River, which flows through the city.
“The recovery is underway for better water flow. We will go upstream of the drain so that in the case of heavy rain, it can fulfill its major role of fighting against floods,” explained the mayor to the newspaper Cameroon Tribune during his visit.
Last year, heavy rainfall caused damage in the city of Buea. A torrential rain that hit the city caused floods and mudslides on the eastern slope of Mount Cameroon. Thick, dark torrents mainly affected the localities of Bova, Bokwaï, and the Buea Town neighborhood, sweeping away sections of road, vehicles, and destroying homes and businesses.
Albert Atangana
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