Source: Famine Early Warning System Network, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Country: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, World
Start of season remains slow in parts of West Africa, abnormal dryness continues in Central America and Haiti
Africa Weather Hazards
A delayed onset of the rainy season, followed by poorly-distributed rainfall, has led to abnormal dryness across southern Burkina Faso, the northern parts of Ghana, Togo, and Benin, and north-central Nigeria.
The lack of rainfall over the past five weeks has delayed planting and negatively affected cropping activities over many local areas of the region.A poor distribution of March-May rainfall has negatively impacted crops over the SNNPR, central and Belg-producing areas of Ethiopia, eastern Eritrea, and Djibouti.
As the March-May season had already ended, recovery is unlikely.
