Heavy rain at the beginning of the month resulted in the Mara River flooding – a fuel tanker went over the Bridge near Mara Rianta on the 6th – one person was rescued but two people were washed away.
We had two weeks of rain at the beginning of the month. There were some days that were completely overcast, with drizzle for most of the night and day.
We have had a fraction under 1,800 mm (70”) of rain between November and the end of April – virtually rainforest levels of rainfall - and approaching twice the annual average for Serena.
The rains continued to be well below average for this time of year, fortunately the Triangle is much better off than most areas but some of our dams and water courses have not been replenished.
The rains continued to pound the Triangle for the first three weeks of May, causing considerable damage, washing the murram off some of our roads, creating ruts and potholes on all our roads.
There was heavy rain on the 11th followed by daily storms until the 15th. The rains then stopped and we reverted to hot, sunny and cloudless days until the 30th, when there were showers.
We had very heavy rainstorms for the first three weeks of May, resulting in the Mara River flooding and cutting off the North Mara Bridge and the River road between Mara Serena and Oloololo Gate.
The exceptionally heavy rains continued through most of May, compounding the damage that had been done in April and making a few sections virtually impassable.
The heavy storms continued through the first ten days of the month, before easing off for the remainder of the month – with glorious, sunny days and cold nights.