East Africa drought-hit crops now face El Niño flood threat – report
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East Africa is moving from one climate extreme toward another, with months of severe drought threatening crop yields just as El Niño and a strengthening Indian Ocean Dipole raise the prospect of unusually heavy October-to-December rains. The October 2026 Crop Monitor for Early Warning says much of northern and western East Africa endured exceptionally dry […]