UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the forecast from October to December shows high chances of drier-than-average conditions across much of the region. Pointing out that rainfall rates in areas affected by drought in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are expected to be much lower than normal until the end of the year.
Parts of the Greater Horn of Africa already reeling from drought are preparing for a fifth consecutive rainy season, the World Meteorological Organization said, and it is clear that all of this will only get worse with the crisis affecting millions of men, women and children in the region..
A United Nations spokesman had said that 340,000 people were affected by the catastrophic floods in 11 provinces of Chad out of 23 provinces in the country..
As of August 16, the floods killed 22 people and caused extensive damage to homes, infrastructure, agricultural land and livestock, and led to a sharp rise in malaria infection rates and raised fears of an outbreak of cholera..