What can cause a drought? Droughts are caused by a lack of precipitation, but human activities like deforestation and climate change worsen natural causes. Natural factors include low rainfall, insufficient snowpack, and changes in atmospheric conditions like the jet stream and ocean temperatures. Human activities that increase drought risk are deforestation, intensive agriculture, and excessive water use, especially when combined with rising global temperatures.
The carcass of a dead sheep lies in the desert in the drought-affected village of Bandarero, near Moyale town on the Ethiopian border, in northern Kenya
U.N. humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien inspects the carcasses of dead cows in the drought-affected village of Bandarero, near Moyale town on the Ethiopian border, in northern Kenya . O’Brien said he is confident the United States will step up and donate to aid appeals amid concerns of possible foreign aid cuts under President Donald Trump
Villagers walk past the carcass of a dead cow in the drought-affected village of Bandarero, near Moyale town on the Ethiopian border, in northern Kenya .The U.N. humanitarian chief, Stephen O’Brien, toured Bandarero village on Friday and called on the international community to act to ‘avert the very worst of the effects of drought and to avert a famine to make sure we don’t go from what is deep suffering to a catastrophe.’