Around nine million people in Malawi are reeling from the devastating impacts of El Niño-induced floods and drought, which are destroying harvests and causing hunger to soar to crisis levels. Visiting the drought-stricken areas of Malawi, Ms. Reena Ghelani, the UN Climate Crisis Coordinator for El Niño / La Niña Response, Dr.
Blantyre — Around nine million people in Malawi are reeling from the devastating impacts of El Niño-induced floods and drought, which are destroying harvests and causing hunger to soar to crisis levels. Visiting the drought-stricken areas of Malawi , Ms. Reena Ghelani, the UN Climate Crisis Coordinator for El Niño / La Niña Response, Dr. Menghestab Haile and Dr.
During their mission to Malawi, Ms. Ghelani, Dr. Talla, and Dr. Haile met with humanitarian and development partners, as well as Government officials, including the Disaster Risk Management authorities. The current El Niño episode is happening in a context of recurrent shocks and heightened vulnerabilities, which have severely hindered Malawi's development trajectory. In March last year, Tropical Cyclone Freddy affected over 2.2 million people and damaged critical infrastructure. In 2022, Malawi also faced its deadliest cholera outbreak ever.
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