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Exceptional El Niño puts southern Africa on drought alert

Pacific Ocean temperatures far above normal raise the risk of low summer rainfall, heatwaves and pressure on food production.

Water resources need to be conserved and protected as southern Africa braces for the likelihood of a dry, hot summer which may be unprecedented. Photo: Steve Kretzmann
The rate at which the Pacific Ocean surface waters are warming in the current El Niño cycle is “highly unusual”, the South African Weather Service has warned. Existing temperature records are being broken.
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a cyclical but irregular climate phenomenon caused by warming surface water in the Pacific Ocean. This impacts various parts of the globe differently, but it usually spells hotter and drier conditions in southern Africa’s summer rainfall areas.
In a press conference on Friday morning, climatologists were careful not to overstate how dry the coming…

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