CAMEROON-CHAD: Heaviest-ever rain season predicted

Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. DOUALA, 3 October 2008 - Up to 70,000 people have been affected by flooding in northwestern Cameroon and southern Chad; based on meteorological data, disaster workers with the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) predict a longer and wetter rain season than normal. Thousands of people have remained homeless in Chad and Cameroon since the rains began early in August, according to Allale. August flooding affected more than 8,000 families in Logone Occidentale, Mayo Kebbi and Moyen Chari in southern Chad, and 5,000 families in and around Cameroon's northwestern town of Garoua, 60 km west of the Chad border, according to the International Federation of the Red Cross... [read full story]