Agricultural workers in the Horn of Africa and other eastern regions face severe drought amid higher temperatures and less than normal rain this year
which is leading to increased warming in the Indian Ocean, causing more frequent cyclones.
The weather agency said in February that the region should prepare for a “wetter than average” long rainy season, which normally lasts from March to May, but the agency revised its previous forecasts this week. Below average rainfall for 2022 is likely to prolong the already extremely dry conditions not seen since 1981. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia — which will be severely affected by the reduced rains — are already in the midst of a dire famine.
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