Historic drought looms for 20 million living in Horn of Africa
Historic drought looms for 20 million living in Horn of Africa
From National Geographic comes this report of the climatic phenomenon known as La Niña, preventing nourishing rains for the fourth season in a row, putting East Africa on the “brink of catastrophe.”
If that happens, it will mark the longest drought the region has experienced in four decades, as climate change brings a succession of extreme weather events to a part of the world ill-equipped to withstand them.
