APA – Kigali (Rwanda) – In a move to monitor floods and manage recurrent disasters, , Rwanda is planning to roll modern installation especially in regions that are prone to flooding, local media reported Wednesday quoting an authoritative source in Kigali.
The flood monitors are tasked with gathering crucial data on the water level and flow in rivers, drainages, and lakes.
Equipped with wave sensors, the monitors effectively communicate fluctuations in water levels.
These flood monitors are equipped with SIM cards, enabling the automatic transmission of real-time data to a central database or server which bolsters flood prediction capabilities.
Latest study in Nature Science magazine has shown that missing climate data could significantly hinder Africa’s ability to take early action for disaster risk reduction.
Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla, Canada Research Chair of Climate Change Science at the Kigali-based African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), who co-authored the study, says a lack of resources for fundamental research to develop climate change projections in Africa, “has led to an absence of appropriate response to address hazards, including storms, droughts, floods, and landslides”.
The study projects the Mediterranean region, southern African countries, part of East Africa, and most of Madagascar to face significant shifts from warm to hot climates in the mid-21st century and tropical climates by the end of the 21st century.
CU/abj/APA