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The High Basin
Council urges stakeholders to stay vigilant to make use of each drop of
rain water and minimize risks of sudden flood that have already occurred
in some parts of the country.
Co-chaired by
Deputy Prime Minister and Council Chairperson Demeke Mekonnen in its
emergency meeting yesterday, the Council discussed major weather
phenomenona and ways of withstanding possible natural disasters.
On the passion,
Water, Irrigation and Electricity Minister Motumma Mekassa has stressed
the need for strengthening early warning mechanisms and massive
preparation to cope with the increasing phenomena of floods.
The Minister said
that there is a need for stepping up and speeding up preparation to
respond to any possible natural disaster and boost agricultural
productivity. Promoting watershed management activities and soil
conservation works should be carried out ahead of the summer season, he
noted.
The Ethiopian
Meteorological Agency Director General Fetene Teshome on his part said
that more regular rainfall is forecast in the coming summer season as
the El Nino phenomena that caused drought leaves for the La-Nina which
results heavy rain .
According to the
Director , the weather forecast in the coming months is expected to be
40 percent of regular and 40 percent of La-Nina and 10 per cent El Nino
weather condition. Fetene called on all stakeholders to make use of the
more likely wet season for socioeconomic development.
Deputy Prime
Minister Demeke Mokonnen on his part said: " We need to throw our full
weight to utilize each drop of rain water while preparing a wide range
of response mechanism to ward off unprecedented flood.
The deputy premier
called for urgent preparation to utilize the rainfall water to resist
the impacts of El Nino that caused droughts in some places. Similarly,
utmost efforts should be employed to prevent possible flood burdens, he
noted.
Demeke also urges
the National Disaster and Risk Management Commission to continue
providing early warning information to alert people ahead of any natural
disaster.
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