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zone with districtwise distribution is given in Table 1. Rainfall over the coastal areas is higher and decreases towards inland as the rainfallcausing systems are forming over the Bay of Bengal and moving westwards towards the coast of Tamil Nadu. The windward (eastern) side of the Eastern Ghats

-altitude, southern and high rainfall zones. The total area covering each zone with districtwise distribution is given in Table 1. Rainfall over the coastal areas is higher and decreases towards inland as the rainfallcausing systems are forming over the Bay of Bengal and moving westwards towards the coast

and departments, beach management units (BMUs), non-government organisations (NGOs), community-based organisations (CBOs), private sector bodies, research institutions and community members (Table 1). TABLE 1 Weather and climate information and services provided and used in Kenya Authority/ Institution

coast of India, foot hills of Himalaya, eastern Arabian Sea, south equatorial Indian Ocean and North Bay of Bengal. Similarly during OND season, all the six ensembles show less rainfall over the whole India except for the state of Tamil Nadu. Being located on the lee ward side of the Western Ghats

-pressure systems, mid-level troughs, western disturbances and break monsoon conditions (Bohlinger et al., 2017; Nandargi & Dhar, 2011). Heavy rainfall is often associated with northward moving low-pressure systems from the Bay of Bengal and the orographic uplift effect that causes precipitation upon

Country Latitude Longitude TA00146 Greenergia Kenya -0.148 34.623 TA00374 JOOUST Kenya -0.093 34.26 TA00401 Homa Bay High School Kenya -0.538 34.46 TA00499 Urudi Mixed Secondary Kenya -0.284 34.955 School TA00500 Osodo Secondary School Kenya -0.524 34.256 TA00589 Juma Island Tanzania -2.438 32.747

people live near the coastline near 1,400 landing sites or beaches from which 50,000 boats operate. Through the WISER HIGHWAY project (HIGH impact Weather lAke sYstem), a partnership among the national hydrological and meteorological services and stakeholders from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda

, comprising a significant component of the aquatic fauna of rivers, bays, estuaries, and the open ocean, are the major host/vector of cholera (Conner et al., 2016; A. Huq et al., 1983). Environmental factors that drive the prevalence of V. cholerae in the environment (and are associated with increased

are not continuous and have limitations close to the coastline – mountains, bays and offshore islands can distort radar signals. Up-to-date and high-quality elevation data is a big limitation for many SIDS as it prevents definition of sea level overtopping thresholds. 8 Fisheries and Aquaculture - Fishery

, Norfolk 7 19.5 18.9 12-Sep-1969 78 Cranwell, Lincolnshire 7 16.9 17.2 03-Sep-1939 Highest for 77 years Douglas, Isle of Man 15 16.0 16.1 05-Sep-1941 Highest for 75 years Many in eastern England enjoyed unseasonably hot weather on the UK's beaches. However spells of this type frequently end