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El Nino-linked droughts in southern and eastern Africa among worst on record
El Nino-Linked Drought Is Ethiopia's Worst in 50 Years
More than 10 million people are in need of food aid in Ethiopia amid a drought worse than the one that triggered the haunting 1984 famine, the U.N. has warned.
Crops have withered, animals have died and water sources have dried up in parts of northeastern Ethiopia following the failure of the last two rainy seasons.
More than 400,000 children are now at risk of acute malnutrition, according to the U.N.
"It is the worst drought as compared to the last 50 years," says Mikitu Kassa, the head of Ethiopia's National Disaster Prevention Committee.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/el-nino-linked-drought-ethiopia-s-worst-50-years-n520686
More than 10 million people are in need of food aid in Ethiopia amid a drought worse than the one that triggered the haunting 1984 famine, the U.N. has warned.
Crops have withered, animals have died and water sources have dried up in parts of northeastern Ethiopia following the failure of the last two rainy seasons.
More than 400,000 children are now at risk of acute malnutrition, according to the U.N.
"It is the worst drought as compared to the last 50 years," says Mikitu Kassa, the head of Ethiopia's National Disaster Prevention Committee.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/el-nino-linked-drought-ethiopia-s-worst-50-years-n520686
El Niño drought leaves millions hungry in southern Africa
LESOTHO -- El Niño is scorching the earth in southern and eastern Africa, where recently there has been little to no rain. The United Nations says a million children are at risk of starvation, and many are in the tiny nation of Lesotho.
...
Makara knows instinctively what experts have confirmed -- this is the strongest El Niño on record in southern Africa, delaying the rains, and putting 14 million people at risk of starvation.
El Niño's hot, dry conditions on top of already high temperatures have combined to form a lethal cocktail. A pitiful burst of rain in recent days coaxed out some greenery. But it was a cruel illusion, as it came too late.
...
"The rainfall has been delayed to an extent that people haven't been able to plant the crops that they need to survive. We are looking at people not having enough to eat at least until 2017."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/el-nino-drought-leaves-millions-hungry-in-southern-africa/
LESOTHO -- El Niño is scorching the earth in southern and eastern Africa, where recently there has been little to no rain. The United Nations says a million children are at risk of starvation, and many are in the tiny nation of Lesotho.
...
Makara knows instinctively what experts have confirmed -- this is the strongest El Niño on record in southern Africa, delaying the rains, and putting 14 million people at risk of starvation.
El Niño's hot, dry conditions on top of already high temperatures have combined to form a lethal cocktail. A pitiful burst of rain in recent days coaxed out some greenery. But it was a cruel illusion, as it came too late.
...
"The rainfall has been delayed to an extent that people haven't been able to plant the crops that they need to survive. We are looking at people not having enough to eat at least until 2017."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/el-nino-drought-leaves-millions-hungry-in-southern-africa/
