have declared a national disaster over the severe dry spell that started in January and has devastated the agricultural sector, decimating crops and pastures.
“The southern Africa drought appears to be a rarer example of an event fuelled primarily by El Nino.” On the other hand, El Nino, a recurring natural weather phenomenon, brought fewer showers, increasing the likelihood of severe droughts, the data showed. El Nino corresponds to the large-scale warming of surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.Episodes typically last nine to 12 months.The current El Nino emerged in mid-2023 and is expected to affect temperatures until May.