Source: Famine Early Warning System Network
Country: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, World
Parts of East Africa receive heavy late-season rainfall, while the western Gulf of Guinea region remains dry
Continued belowaverage rainfall and high temperatures have strengthened dryness in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
Below-normal rainfall since April has led to significant early-season deficits and abnormal dryness.
Heavy rainfall along the coast of Kenya, southern Somalia, and Uganda has caused flooding.
A delayed start to monsoon rains has been marked by four consecutive weeks of below-normal rainfall and 25-50% of normal rainfall to date.