Tanzania is preparing for El Niño rains, with the state power utility Tanesco taking steps to shield electricity infrastructure from the expected downpours, according to thecitizen.co.tz.
The country's road agency, TANROADS, has also ordered inspections of roads and bridges nationwide, dailynews.co.tz reports. In Zanzibar, authorities have stepped up their own readiness measures, according to dailynews.co.tz.
The preparations follow a call for early action as the rains approach. Mwigulu urged swift measures in response to the looming El Niño, therespondents.co.tz reported.
The reporting does not specify the expected timing or severity of the rains, nor the particular measures Tanesco intends to take. The details of the road and bridge inspections, and the scope of Zanzibar's preparations, were likewise not set out in the summaries available.
El Niño is a climate phenomenon linked to altered rainfall patterns, and Tanzania has been affected by it before. Dailynews.co.tz published a retrospective on a previous occasion when the phenomenon hit the country, though the summary did not include the year or the impacts recorded at the time.
What to watch next: whether Tanesco, TANROADS and Zanzibar's authorities release further details on their preparations, and how the rains develop once they arrive.
