Drought in Kenya
by Ben Carter · Jun 24, 2004 · 331 views
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Up to 3.3 million people are facing starvation after severe drought stunted crops in parts of Kenya. The rainy season that supplies Kenya with the water needed to grow crops typically runs from March to June. This year, the rains fell from the second week of April through the first week of May, and though the rains were heavy in places, much of the country remained dry during May and June. The severe drought has led to food shortages in Kenya's Eastern, Coastal and Central provinces, and the ...
| Tags: | 2004 drought in kenya june nasa earth observatory in 2004 |
| Credit: | The above MODIS image and story were produced by the joint Global Agricultural Monitoring Project between NASA, USDA'... (Public domain) · source |
| Uploaded: | Jun 24, 2004 |




