El Nino To Worsen Drought In Botswana

“These persistently dry conditions for the remaining rainfall season may worsen the current drought conditions, which the country is experiencing,” he said. “Overall, the deficit in rainfall is expected to continue over the remainder of the rainfall season mainly due to the persistent strong El Nino conditions.”

Addressing a press conference in Gaborone, Botshoma said this does not mean extreme rainfall may not occur as it normally does. Botshoma said the northern parts of Botswana would receive largely normal, with a tendency to above-normal, rains. He said south western and north eastern parts of the country were expected to receive normal to be below normal rains; and the south eastern and north western parts would receive below normal, with a tendency to normal, rains.