In a statement issued yesterday, TMA cited Dar es Salaam, Coast, Morogoro regions, Mafia Island as well as Lindi and Mtwara regions are likely to receive substantial rains in the next two days, urging residents to take precautions as the rains may affect weather sensitive activities.
In some areas the rains may cause floods and disrupt regular services, with Dar es Salaam largely expected to feel impacts of heavy rain as has extensive areas with poor drainage systems, it said, promising daily weather updates to keep the public informed.
“We encourage everyone to stay vigilant and follow any advisories issued by local authorities,” the statement reiterated as in earlier dispatches, focusing on the potential dangers associated with heavy rainfall, including flash floods, landslides and infrastructural damage.
In August, TMA announced that most parts of the country were set to receive “above normal to normal rains” during the late year and early months season, influenced by EL-Nino conditions since mid-last year.
The end year rain scenario is characteristic of areas that receive rains twice yearly, which includes the north-eastern highlands and parts of the eastern Lake Victoria basin.
The regions are Kagera, Geita, Mwanza, Shinyanga, southern part of Simiyu, northern part of Rain has been falling steadily on Kigoma, Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Coast (including Mafia Island), parts of Morogoro Region together with Unguja and Pemba islands.
“Normal to above normal” rains were anticipated over Mara, northern parts of Simiyu Region, Arusha, Manyara and Kilimanjaro regions.
A few weeks ago, more than 80 people died and hundreds of households destroyed as mudslide swept through Katesh town in Hanang District in Manyara Region following overnight heavy rains, with a slice of Mount Hanang collapsing.
The raging mud covered homes and anything that stood in its way like cattle and household properties, an incident that prompted President Samia Suluhu Hassan to cut short her Dubai trip and rush back to meet with the victims and smoothen relief efforts.
The president was in Dubai to attend the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) which kicked off November 30.
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