Uganda warns of devastating weather effects in new weather report
March 1, 2022, 5:05 pm

Uganda warns of devastating weather effects in new weather report

Uganda in Africa (File photo: Pixabay)

The Xinhua reported, Uganda's ministry of disaster preparedness has warned of devastating weather effects in the months up to May as the first main rain season of the year kicks off.

Esther Anyakun, minister of state of relief, disaster preparedness and refugees told reporters on Tuesday that the rain season is characterized by severe isolated thunderstorms associated with lightning and hailstorms.

These result into destructive flooding in several districts, landslides in the mountainous areas, and destructive winds leading to ravaging of plantations and houses.

The minister said 48 districts in the northeastern, eastern, western and southern parts of the country are at high risk of waterlogging, windstorms and landslides.

Anyakun warned that the widening long crack on the slopes of Mountain Elgon in the eastern part of the country requires attention because it may result into a catastrophic slope failure.

Representative image-Flooding (File photo: Pixabay)

She said some parts of the country are already suffering the effect of the 2019/2020 rain seasons which led to internal displacement of people due to flooding and rising of water levels of lakes.

The minister said government will carry out assessments and issue advisories to communities in high risk areas for temporary relocation.

She said: "Priority one in this respect will be to support families in safer areas to provide refuge for relatives/neighbors in the high risk zones."

UN court orders Uganda to pay $325 million in compensation to Congo for violence

The minister added: "Government will mobilize funds to ensure adequate and essential medicines are stocked in the high risk districts where roads are always being affected to ensure steady flow of medical services."

Source: xinhua

Syria communicates with rebels from Donetsk and Luhansk, holds security meeting with Iran Russian police detain over 6000 anti-war protesters since invasion of Ukraine

Upon arriving to participate in the summit of the European Political Community, which includes around forty heads of state in Budapest, he said, "I look forward to sitting with the elected U.S. president and seeing how we will collectively ensure we meet challenges, including the threats from Russia and North Korea." He also noted that the strengthening of ties between Russia and North Korea poses a threat to the United States as well, according to reports from Agence France-Presse.

Before Trump's victory, Rutte expressed confidence that a united Washington would remain part of the defensive alliance, even if Trump became the 47th president of the United States. In an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF last Monday night, he stated that both Republicans and Democrats understand that NATO serves not only the security of Europe but also that of America. He added that both candidates are aware that the security of the United States is closely tied to NATO.

On Wednesday, NATO congratulated Trump on his victory but did not address the Ukrainian issue.

It is noteworthy that the relationship between the elected U.S. president and the defense alliance was not the best during his first term in the White House. Trump criticized NATO member states multiple times and even hinted at withdrawing from the alliance unless they increased their financial contributions.

Additionally, the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian war is one of the matters that complicate relations between the two sides, especially since Trump has repeatedly stated that he can end this ongoing conflict, which began in 2022, quickly. He implied that he had a peace plan between Kyiv and Moscow, while his vice president, JD Vance, revealed aspects of that plan, which stipulated Ukraine's commitment not to join NATO, thereby sending reassuring signals to the Russians.

Furthermore, many NATO member states in Europe fear that Trump might halt military aid to Ukraine after he previously criticized the U.S. for pouring funds into supporting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.