LESSON FROM COVID –
On March 15, Kenya was put on partial lockdown after 2 COVID cases were reported in the country. Alongside the government-imposed dusk-to-dawn curfew, schools were closed and movement restricted. Within a week, the lockdown wave had spread to most East African countries. It created a sense of panic, fear and uncertainty. This hit our team […]
Why Your local Weather Prediction Could Be Wrong
May blog 2023 Why Your Local Weather Prediction Could Be Wrong .tahmo May 2023 blog Have you ever checked the weather forecast, only to find out that it was completely wrong? It can be frustrating, but there are many factors that can influence the accuracy of weather predictions. Let’s take a closer look at why […]
The design of an early warning system for floods in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania A case study for the local bus company
With climate change increasing its mark on all aspects of the hydrological cycle, societies all over the world living in flood-prone areas are increasingly exposed to flood hazards. In many parts of the world, especially in less developed areas, societies lack knowledge and data to predict future flood events. By predicting a future flood event, […]
OpenRiverCam (update on the WMO innovation hub)
TAHMO RWANDA
My name is Honore, and I am a Field Engineer at TAHMO here in Rwanda. My main work is to maintain the network of TAHMO weather stations and act as a representative of TAHMO here in Rwanda. We have 16 Automatic Weather stations which are distributed in 4 Provinces. Most stations are in Kigali municipal […]
SCHOOL2SCHOOL INTERACTIVE EVENT
A School-2-school interactive event was held at St. Monica’s Senior High School at Asante Mampong in Ghana. The event was at a request of the host teacher who has just taken over the responsibility of the TAHMO Station. It was a short and successful event. The opportunity was to provide students with the following: Brief […]
How School2school Inspired me
Hi, My name is Cyuzuzo Honore, a coordinator for TAHMO in Rwanda. I had an idea of developing weather information service for student in Rwanda. The idea won me a grant. It started at a challenging time in 2020: COVID-19 hit. In Rwanda, TAHMO activities (especially those that involved travelling) were disrupted. During the first […]
Using TAHMO Data
Our paper, using TAHMO data, got published yesterday in ‘Progress in Physical Geography’ Abstract In the Lake Kivu region, water erosion is the main driver for soil degradation, but observational data to quantify the extent and assess the spatial-temporal dynamics of the controlling factors are hardly available. In particular, high spatial and temporal resolution rainfall […]