The SADC climate services centre has issued a heatwave alert and persistent temperatures in the range of 30 to 35 degrees Celsius in the whole of central sadc in the next five days.
Parts of Central SADC will experience temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius over a consecutive period of 3 days and occasions where temperatures have a high probability to exceed 40 degrees Celsius thereby reaching the threshold for heatwave alert during the forecast period.
Extreme South-Eastern Angola, North and Eastern most parts of Botswana, Eastern half of Eswatini, south-western parts of Madagascar, Southern Malawi, most of
Mozambique, Extreme North Eastern Namibia, Eastern fringes of South Africa, south and eastern Zambia, northern fringes and southern half of Zimbabwe will have a high probability to experience a heatwave during the period of 25 to 31 October 2019.
The sadc climate services centre says most of the central parts of the region stretching from southern Angola through Eastern Namibia, Botswana, most of Zambia, Zimbabwe, Southern Malawi to northern
Mozambique and southern Tanzania are in a heatwave watch category.
In a statement, the center is advising that for parts of the region where there is a high probability for a heat-wave to be experienced, there is need to adhere to all the health advisories provided by local institutions in member states.
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