East African bloc warns of El Nino rains in Horn of Africa

NAIROBI, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- El Nino rains will begin in the Horn of Africa region from mid-October, experts from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, said on Monday, noting that there has been a delay in onset.

Eunice Koech, a climate modeling assistant at the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center based in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, said during a virtual meeting that the forecast for the region to receive heavier-than-normal rains during the October to December season still stands, as El Nino conditions have already formed.