El Nino Devastating Harvests in Southern Africa, Aid Agencies Say

Aid agencies are gearing up to help millions of people in southern Africa survive one of the driest years in more than three decades. The United Nations says 14 million people across southern Africa do not know where their next meals are coming from. It says 2.5 million people are in crisis and require urgent humanitarian assistance. The region is in the grip of an intense drought, driven by one of the strongest El Nino climate events of the last 50 years. El Nino produces extreme...

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