Environment
Drought Causes Severe Damage to Livestock and Crops in Parts of Amhara, Oromia, and Tigray Regions
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A severe drought in parts of the Amhara, Oromia, and Tigray regions is causing massive damage to crops and livestock, displacing thousands of farmers, and forcing schools to close.
- A drought in parts of the Amhara, Oromia, and Tigray regions is causing significant damage to tens of thousands of livestock and crops.
- Thousands of farmers have been displaced from their homes and many schools have been closed across several districts in the three regions.
- In the Amhara region, affected areas include the Wag Hemra Nationality Zone and the lowland areas of the North Gondar Zone.
- In the Oromia region, a lack of summer rain has caused extensive crop damage in multiple districts of the East Shewa and West Hararghe zones.
- In Tigray's Chila district, hundreds of animals have died and two people recently lost their lives in the Agarale kebele.
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