East Africa: Indian Ocean Dipole Spells Flood Danger for East Africa

Geneva — Hundreds of thousands of people in East Africa are affected by heavy rains and floods linked to record-breaking temperature changes in the Indian Ocean.

The western Indian Ocean has been about two degrees warmer this month than the eastern Indian Ocean. As a result, higher evaporation off the African coastline is being dumped inland as rainfall: a simplified description of 2019's positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) episode.

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