National Weather Service issues flood forecast

Douala Floods1 Douala flood

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 Source: cameroon-concord.com

Cameroon's national weather service(dmn) has issued flood warnings for the Eastern,Western and Littoral regions as the country is expecting heavy rains and thunderstorms in the coming days.

Medium-risk flood warnings were also issued for some shallows Littoral, Southwest and Centre regions.

Flood warnings were issued for the river N'gongue , Banya and Kondi in the Littoral region .

Last year Severe flooding caused by tropical monsoon rains devastated Cameroon's economic capital, Douala. At least 4 people were killed, 2 000 displaced, and over 30 000 citizens were directly affected by July 1, 2015, after more than a week of heavy rainfall.

Source: cameroon-concord.com