Severe droughts and floods have ruined harvests,and left nearly 100 million people in southern Africa, Asia and Latin America facing food and water shortagesSevere droughts and floods triggered by one of the strongest El Niño weather events ever recorded have left nearly 100 million people in southern Africa, and Asia and Latin America facing food and water shortages and vulnerable to diseases including Zika,UN bodies, international aid agencies and governments have said.current figures from the UN’s World Food Programme say 40 million people in rural areas and 9 million in urban centres who live in the drought-affected parts of Zimbabwe, and Mozambique,South Africa, Zambia, or Malawi and Swaziland will need food assistance in the next year.
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Source: theguardian.com