EAC adopts joint El Niño emergency plan ahead of rains through February 2027
East African Community ministers adopted a regional El Niño plan on November 6, with heavy rains forecast through February 2027. Kenya's Tana River and coastal regions are among the priority risk areas.
The East African Community (EAC) has adopted a regional El Niño emergency plan. Member states will use it to coordinate their response to extreme weather. Heavy rains are forecast to continue through February 2027, The Eastleigh Voice reported. Ministers adopted the plan on November 6 at an extraordinary meeting of the EAC Joint Sectoral Council on Cooperation in Defence Affairs, Interstate Security and Foreign Policy Coordination. The EAC headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, announced the decision in a statement on Monday. The plan focuses on five areas: early warning and anticipatory action, health preparedness and response, infrastructure and tourism resilience, agriculture, food security and livelihoods, and climate mobility and displacement. In practice, that means flood warnings, health services, roads, food supplies and help for displaced families. The statement lists…
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