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Multi-Agency Drought Alert - The threat of starvation looms in East Africa after four failed rainy seasons

Situation may worsen due to prospects of an unprecedented fifth poor season between October and December

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Synopsis (short abstract) The current extreme, widespread, and persistent multi-season drought affecting Somalia, the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya, and Ethiopia’s Belg-receiving and eastern and southern pastoral areas, is unprecedented. Four consecutive rainy seasons have failed, a climatic event not seen in at least 40 years. The latest long-lead seasonal forecasts, supported by a broad consensus from meteorological experts, indicate that there is now a concrete risk that the October-December (OND) rainy season could also fail. Should these forecasts materialize, the already severe humanitarian emergency in the region would further deepen.

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