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The Southern African region is facing the common El Nino impact of the extended periods of below normal rains in most of contiguous SADC region and warmer than average normal temperature during the period. This has also at times led to health threatening heat waves, according to media reports; and decimation of crops. Significant wetter-than-normal conditions occurred over the Island States and north-eastern and south-western parts of continental SADC. The current El Niño will continue to have significant regional climatic impacts. Thus abnormal patterns of temperature and precipitation patterns should persist across the southern African region during the upcoming months.
