NAIROBI, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The Horn of Africa is expected to be warmer than usual between March and May, the Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional bloc, reported on Monday.
The weather agency said in its latest forecast that warmer-than-usual conditions are expected across most of the region, except in southeastern South Sudan and northeastern Uganda.
Temperatures during this period could rise above 32 degrees Celsius in some countries, while several regions, including western and southwestern Kenya, eastern Uganda, eastern South Sudan, western Ethiopia and most of Tanzania, are expected to experience wetter-than-usual conditions, according to ICPAC.
Drier-than-usual conditions are forecast for most parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, western Uganda and South Sudan. The expected weather anomalies in the region are attributed to climate change, with the Horn of Africa being one of the most vulnerable areas.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and IGAD, about 66.9 million people in the Horn of Africa are food insecure, a number that is likely to rise due to increasing weather anomalies. ■
