Latest update June 1st, 2026 12:37 AM
Conservancies water levels fall amidst dry weather
Authorities have issued an El Nino watch as rainfall for the last three months remained below the expected average.
The dry spell has led to a worrying drop in the water conservancies
Government has issued an El Nino watch as water level at the conservancies fall.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, after consultation with its Hydrometeorological Office, and taking into consideration predictions from various Regional and International Forecasting and Weather Agencies, it decided to issue the watch.
For March, the Georgetown weather station recorded a little more than half of what was expected with other facilities indicating a similar below average trend.
The Ministry said that according to the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) diagnostic discussion issued by Climate Prediction Center (NCEP) and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society on 08 May, there is now more than a 65 per cent chance that the Northern Hemisphere will experience El Nino conditions by the June-July-August (JJA) period.
The Ministry has since established a Special El Nino Working group to monitor and plan actions to reduce any adverse impact of a possible El Nino on agriculture production.
Government would be paying keen attention to the El Nino, a weather pattern that comes with an extremely dry spell.
With the country heavily dependent on water for its acres of farmlands, any drought would be worrying.
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