The Newsletter highlights SWALIM’s key activities and contributions during the first quarter of the year, a period marked by worsening drought conditions following the poor 2025 Deyr rains and the continuation of harsh Jilaal conditions. The newsletter presents SWALIM’s continued support to early warning, preparedness, and operational decision-making through drought monitoring, climate analysis, river monitoring, flood advisories, and field-based validation. Key highlights include: Strengthened drought and flood early warning through CDI analyses, climate updates, river monitoring products, and the Gu 2026 Seasonal Climate Outlook. Capacity-building initiatives on impact-based flood forecasting, anticipatory action, early warning systems, and land and crop suitability assessment. Updated river breakage assessments along the Juba and Shabelle rivers to support flood preparedness and risk reduction. Progress on Somalia’s Land Cover Reference System, Prosopis mapping, and strategic borehole monitoring. Insights from the Gu 2026 National Climate Outlook Forum, which emphasized that the season should be treated as a stabilization window rather than a full recovery season.