Hydrologic Extremes in a Changing Climate: a Review of Extremes in East Africa

MT Taye, E Dyer - Current Climate Change Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Eastern Africa has a complex hydroclimate and socio-economic context,
making it vulnerable to climate change-induced hydrological extremes. This review presents …

[HTML][HTML] Improving smallholder farmers' access to and utilization of climate information services in sub-Saharan Africa through social networks: A systematic review

CE Appiah, W Quarmine, C Osei-Amponsah, AE Okem… - Climate Services, 2025 - Elsevier
The timely availability, access to, and utilisation of actionable climate information services
(CIS) serve as an effective mechanism to address the impacts of climate change on …

[HTML][HTML] Application of real time S2S forecasts over Eastern Africa in the co-production of climate services

M Gudoshava, M Wanzala, E Thompson, J Mwesigwa… - Climate Services, 2022 - Elsevier
A significant proportion of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to extreme
climatic conditions, hence there is a high demand for climate information. In response to this …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening weather forecast and dissemination capabilities in Central Africa: Case assessment of intense flooding in January 2020

IM Pascal, TK Jores, J Talib, VD Appolinaire, L Hirons… - Climate Services, 2023 - Elsevier
The first dekad of January 2020 was characterised by heavy precipitation in the capital of the
Republic of Congo, Brazzaville, which led to several localised landslides. Satellite-derived …

Recommendations to improve the interpretation of global flood forecasts to support international humanitarian operations for tropical cyclones

L Speight, E Stephens, L Hawker… - Journal of Flood Risk …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
International humanitarian organisations increasingly turn to forecast teams to support the
coordination of efforts to respond to disasters caused by hazards such as tropical cyclones …

Advancing operational flood forecasting, early warning and risk management with new emerging science: Gaps, opportunities and barriers in Kenya

A Kiptum, E Mwangi, G Otieno, A Njogu… - Journal of flood risk …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Kenya and the wider East African region suffer from significant flood risk, as illustrated by
major losses of lives, livelihoods and assets in the most recent years. This is likely to …

Advances, gaps and way forward in provision of climate services over the Greater Horn of Africa

M Gudoshava, G Otieno, E Koech, H Misiani… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Greater Horn of Africa is prone to extreme climatic conditions, thus, making climate
services increasingly important in supporting decision-making processes across a range of …

Informing climate-health adaptation options through mapping the needs and potential for integrated climate-driven early warning forecasting systems in South Asia—A …

FA Asaaga, ES Tomude, NJ Rickards, R Hassall… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Climate change is widely recognised to threaten human health, wellbeing and
livelihoods, including through its effects on the emergence, spread and burdens of climate …

Experiences of co‐producing sub‐seasonal forecast products for agricultural application in Kenya and Ghana

L Hirons, CM Wainwright, P Nying'uro, D Quaye… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Unexpected weather conditions can have devastating effects on crop yields in Africa, which
for many African farmers, comprise their sole source of income and subsistence. For …

[HTML][HTML] A computationally lightweight model for ensemble forecasting of environmental hazards: General TAMSAT-ALERT v1. 2.1

E Black, J Ellis, RI Maidment - Geoscientific Model …, 2024 - gmd.copernicus.org
Efficient methods for predicting weather-related hazards are crucial for the effective
management of environmental risk. Many environmental hazards depend on the evolution of …