Climate outlook ‘particularly concerning' in southern Africa due to El Niño
11 February 2016 - 19:15
El Niño conditions have caused the lowest recorded rainfall between October and December across many regions of Southern Africa in at least 35 years‚ the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reported in its latest report. The agency found that short-term forecasts from January to March indicate the high probability of continuing below-normal rainfall in the south‚ signalling that this could become one of the worst droughts on record.
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