Reuters Sep. 01, 2015 NAIROBI: The number of Somalis in hunger has risen in the past six months, the United Nations said Monday, predicting a further spike as the Horn of Africa […]
Hunger Rises in Somalia as El Nino Floods Loom
El Niño 2015-2016
Drought and Frost Resistant Crop Seeds to be Distributed in El Niño Affected Areas
Approved for Release: 9 November 2015 The Prime Minister, Hon. Peter O’Neill CMG MP, has announced that seedlings for hybrid drought resistant crops that can better cope with El Niño conditions will […]
El Niño may trigger floods, famine and sickness in much of the world
Monte Morin LA Times A fog of suffocating smoke settles over the Indonesian countryside, sickening hundreds of thousands of people and triggering an environmental crisis. In Peru, officials abandon plans to […]
We must always be prepared for disaster
By J.W. WACHIRA In the run-up to El Niño, there has been a wide range of reactions to the advice of our meteorological services. These reactions have mirrored changes in Kenyan […]
Shades of Chaos
“Lessons Learned about Lessons Learned about Forecasting El Niño and its Impacts” Michael H. Glantz, 2015 The troubled forecast of El Niño’s onset in 2014 requires an explanation as well as an […]
Ethiopia’s agriculture boom yields a bare harvest for poor as El Niño bites
Ethiopia may be portrayed as an emerging African powerhouse, but prolonged drought has left 8.2 million people facing a major food security crisis William Davison in Mieso district Monday 26 October 2015 […]
