Dead Animals, Barren Fields, and Hunger - El Nino Chokes Central America
- Across the Central American Dry Corridor, an El Nino-linked drought is causing severe food and water shortages, leaving fields barren and killing off malnourished livestock across the region.
- This year's El Nino is the strongest in four decades, disrupting rainfall patterns and Pacific Ocean surface temperatures to create the erratic weather conditions now devastating the region.
- In San Lorenzo, Honduras, farmers are rushing to sell livestock before they perish, with around 100 cows already dead in recent months, while villagers face corn prices 50 percent higher than normal.
- Maria de la Paz Portillo manages an increasingly thirsty water tank in El Matazano, saying, "This is the first year that we've seen this shortage and this need for water," as residents abandon fish farming for urgent needs.
- The United Nations World Food Programme warns that 16 million people across Latin America could face food shortages, with experts predicting consequences of this extreme climate phenomenon will stretch well into 2027.
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Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayDead animals, barren fields and hunger as strongest‑in‑decades El Nino chokes Central America
SAN LORENZO (Honduras), Sept 17 — Animals are dropping dead amid the worst drought in living memory for many Central Americans, who are grappling with the unforgiving effects of...
The El Niño drought destroys crops and livestock in Central America. More than 16 million people may face food shortages.
"Sometimes I start to cry. Sometimes one eats, sometimes not," says Lidia Ochoa in San Lorenzo, in southern Honduras. The area is part of the dry corridor that also covers areas of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Here more than 10 million people live and 80% of the small producers are poor, according to the UN. Used to extreme weather events, the population is bewildered by the severity of the phenomenon that threatens to inten…
The Economic Times
Times of IndiaCentral America is running out of water and food as El Nino kills cattle and wipes out harvests
The region of Central America is grappling with a catastrophic El Niño event that has led to widespread hunger. Farmers are witnessing their crops wither away, while livestock are perishing in the parched Dry Corridor. Families are struggling with severe water shortages and soaring food prices, putting millions at risk of food insecurity, with forecasts indicating that the drought's effects will linger into the following year.
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