{"id":82998,"date":"2023-09-09T21:09:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T19:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-drought-as-el-nino-returns"},"modified":"2023-09-10T00:45:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T22:45:36","slug":"zimbabwe-faces-drought-as-el-nino-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-faces-drought-as-el-nino-returns","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Faces Drought As El Ni\u00f1o Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe is likely to receive less than average rainfall leading to a drought in the 2023\/24 cropping season due to the El Nin\u0303o climate phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>El Nin\u0303o refers to a warming of the ocean surface, or above-average sea surface temperatures, in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>El Nin\u0303o can make extreme weather events more likely in certain regions, including extreme heat, droughts, storms and flooding.<\/p>\n<p>A drought will most likely slow down Zimbabwe\u2019s economic growth projections, trigger higher food prices and stoke inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in July this year declared the start of El Nin\u0303o.<\/p>\n<p>WMO estimated there is a 90 percent probability of the El Nin\u0303o event persisting through the second half of the year and it is expected to be \u201cat least moderate strength\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UN weather agency, El Nin\u0303o occurs on average every two to seven years in episodes lasting nine to 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar are listed among countries in Southern Africa as highly exposed nations to El Nin\u0303o.<\/p>\n<p>According to ACAPS, a non-profit, non-governmental project that provides international, independent humanitarian analysis:<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe is a country that requires close monitoring and where the effects of El Nin\u0303o may lead to negative outcomes or generate humanitarian needs.<\/p>\n<p>Forecast models anticipate the possibility of below-average rainfall towards the end of 2023, particularly in the central and southern regions.<\/p>\n<p>Such forecasts would affect the region\u2019s planting seasons, increasing the possibility of hardened drought conditions and affecting the country\u2019s crop production, livestock and food security.<\/p>\n<p>This forecast would pattern with previous El Nin\u0303o events in Zimbabwe. In 2015\u20132016, an El Nin\u0303o-driven drought affected most of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>Below-average rainfall during the usual growing season led to crop failure, increased food prices, and heightened levels of food insecurity throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, La Nin\u0303a refers to the periodic cooling of sea-surface temperatures across the east-central equatorial Pacific and the weather phenomenon is associated with wetter summers in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is likely to receive less than average rainfall leading to a drought in the 2023\/24 cropping season due to the El Nin\u0303o climate phenomenon. El Nin\u0303o refers to a warming of the ocean surface, or above-average sea surface temperatures, in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. 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