Ugandan Meteorology Department has warned that more heavy rains are expected in the coming weeks before a normal dry spell comes in mid January.

The heavy rains that started late last year appeared to have stopped in some parts of the East African country but the weather experts believed it was just due to some disruption.

"The rains were disrupted by a series of tropical cyclones near Madagascar but as they die out, we expect the rains to continue until mid January after which it will be followed by a normal dry spell expected to go on till March," Meteorologist Aloysius Kagooro was quoted by Daily Monitor on Saturday as saying.

Abushen Majugu, former assistant commissioner for Meteorology currently on special assignment at the department, said, however, the coming rains are just a continuation of the moderate El Nino conditions which started in 2006.

Majugu suggested that farmers make plans for an expected normal dry season and plant crops like cassava, potatoes that can withstand the dry spell, adding that the department would update the public on the weather pattern to enable them to make adjustments when possible.

Source: Xinhua