Massive Drought Devastates Kenya; Picture - Kenya’s Ewaso Nyiro River Dries Out (via @NASA @newshour)
PBS Newshour Transcript: Kenya Devastated by Massive Drought
Lindsey Hilsum of ITN reports from Kenya on the worst drought to strike the horn of Africa in more than a decade.
"...This land hasn't seen rain for nearly a year. The cattle are just scratching around for something to eat, those that have survived. What local people say is that the seasons have become unpredictable. And climate change experts say, probably, that's the way it's going to be from now onwards: more drought followed by flooding, more extreme weather patterns. And the people who live in this arid part of Africa, dependent on their animals, are going to have to adapt..."
Satellite Image: Kenya's Ewaso Nyiro River Dries out
NASA Oct. 17, 2009: "The Ewaso Nyiro River flows down from Mount Kenya to water the dry plains that stretch east from the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. The sparsely populated plains are a haven for wildlife, which rely on the Ewaso Nyiro River as a source of water. Multiple public and private wildlife reserves, including Samburu National Reserve and Buffalo Springs National Reserve, line the banks of the river. In 2009, the river wasted and then went dry as the region sank into severe drought. The dry river bed is exposed in this true-color image, captured by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's EO-1 satellite on September 27, 2009..."
also see:
Signs From Earth: Severe Drought Across African Sahel
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