Food Crisis Grows from Dry Soils

Drought is apparent across much of East Africa after seasonal rains failed to deliver much moisture to the region.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using data from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) and the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published May 30, 2019
Data acquired April 1 - 30, 2019

Sources:

Aqua > MODIS

Model

Terra > MODIS

Collections:

Food and Agriculture

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