{"id":3366,"date":"2026-06-23T08:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:21:32","slug":"addis-ababa-launches-flood-prevention-drive-urges-early-rainy-season-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/addis-ababa-launches-flood-prevention-drive-urges-early-rainy-season-preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"Addis Ababa Launches Flood Prevention Drive, Urges Early Rainy Season Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/729746988_1466725565497955_2022088242811803477_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/729746988_1466725565497955_2022088242811803477_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/729746988_1466725565497955_2022088242811803477_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/729746988_1466725565497955_2022088242811803477_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/729746988_1466725565497955_2022088242811803477_n-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/729746988_1466725565497955_2022088242811803477_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMN PLUS-June 23, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addis Ababa Mayor Adanech Abiebie has emphasized the importance of making advance preparations for the upcoming rainy season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a message shared on her official social media platform, Mayor Adanech announced that the city administration officially launched flood prevention and disaster preparedness campaign today in Akaki Qality Sub-City, one of the area\u2019s most vulnerable to flooding .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the mayor, Akaki Qality&#8217;s natural geographical location makes it the lowest-lying part of Addis Ababa, leaving it particularly susceptible to recurrent flooding over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She noted that, by prioritizing this area, the city administration has intensified efforts to construct various flood-control structures and clean sewage and drainage lines across the city to ensure that rivers can flow through their natural channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Adanech also called on residents to actively participate in the flood prevention and disaster preparedness initiatives being undertaken by the city administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Leta Teresa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN PLUS-June 23, 2026 Addis Ababa Mayor Adanech Abiebie has emphasized the importance of making advance preparations for the upcoming rainy season. In a message shared on her official social media platform, Mayor Adanech announced that the city administration officially launched flood prevention and disaster preparedness campaign today in Akaki Qality Sub-City, one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addis-ababa-affairs","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3368,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3366\/revisions\/3368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}