The climate crisis and devastating drought in eastern Africa
Science Weekly
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🗓️ 16 December 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 1:18.0 | But the rains haven't come, just like last season, and the two before that. |
| 1:26.0 | This is W jier in northern Kenya. They've not had enough rain here for three consecutive seasons. |
| 1:30.0 | Waterpans have long dried up. There are dead animals everywhere. Even at Ahmed Ibrahim's |
| 1:39.3 | home. He's 66 and tells me he's never witnessed anything like this. |
| 1:45.0 | And as crops begin to fail, millions of people in regions across Kenya, |
| 1:51.0 | Somalia and Ethiopia are at risk of starvation. |
| 1:55.0 | The livestock and wildlife they depend on are already dying of thirst and hunger. |
| 2:01.0 | The food security non-presen President President Hurukenata has declared drought a national disaster as it continues |
| 2:07.9 | to affect parts of the country with dire consequences. |
| 2:11.8 | It's a devastating picture and according to climate |
| 2:15.4 | models the next rainy season will bring yet another drought. I think it's really |
| 2:21.0 | important that we understand that climate change isn't really just a trend. |
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