Drought in East Africa August 2022
• A long-lasting drought is affecting Somalia, coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania, and central-eastern Ethiopia. After two years of below-average rainy seasons, severe and persistent drought conditions are leading to severe soil moisture deficit and are affecting the agricultural sector and increasing wild-fire danger.
• In the last 24 months (July 2020 – June 2022), a severe deficit has been accumulating in Somalia (20% according to CHIRPS dataset, 45% according to the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis). Highest local values, up to 70% (50%) based on the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis (CHIRPS), have been estimated.
• On-going conflicts in the region, widespread poverty, and food insecurity result in a high vulnerability and low coping capacity with respect to drought and natural hazards in general.
• A total of 70 million people are exposed to some level of drought risk in East Africa. According to UN-OCHA, people needing humanitarian help include 7 million in Ethiopia, 4 million in Kenya, and 5 million in South Sudan. In Somalia, as of May, 6.1 million people have been affected by the drought emergency.
TORETI Andrea;
BAVERA Davide;
ACOSTA NAVARRO Juan;
CAMMALLERI Carmelo;
DE JAGER Alfred;
DI CIOLLO Chiara;
HRAST ESSENFELDER Arthur;
MAETENS Willem;
MAGNI Diego;
MASANTE Dario;
MAZZESCHI Marco;
MCCORMICK Niall;
MERONI Michele;
REMBOLD Felix;
SPINONI Jonathan;
2022-12-21
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC130470
978-92-76-55830-9 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31186 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-186-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130470,
10.2760/534446 (online),
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