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Climate change observatory warns of hottest dry season in 45 years.

Rising temperatures have resulted in droughts that have remained a threat to human survival

The National Observatory on Climate Change, NOCC, has in a recent report predicted that, Cameroon would this year experience its hottest dry seasons in 45 years.
The observation that was made public in the latest Ten Day Climate Bulletin of the NOCC, said the extreme heat wave will be experienced in the North, Far North, Centre and East regions.

The same report indicated that, the situation could result in health and agricultural challenges for the country.
Going by the report, temperatures are expected to reach between 35-37oC. The report also said there is a possibility this could be the hottest dry season in 45 years.

Aside consequences on health and agricultural sectors, the institution said the situation could also result in the “scarcity of water resources for highly dependent crops in the Sudano-Sahelian and Guinean high savannah zones”.

In addition to these, the bulletin predicted that the intense heatwave could equally “degrade and destroy plantations through bush fires in the bimodal rainfall forest zone, and deteriorate the plant health of crops throughout the country, especially in the far South”.

According to the NOCC report, human health is not left out of the danger that will come with this projected rise in heatwave.

The report details that, for human beings, there will be an increase in respiratory illnesses as a result of the rise in dust particles along the streets; increase in the cases of meningitis and conjunctivitis. These infections, the organisation said, is the outcome of a mixture of heat, dust and high winds.

The NOCC report equally regretted the potential of “progressive risk of conflict between farmers and herders, and within herder groups, in the Far North and North Regions over access to water resources and grazing land”.