Experts Link East Africa Drought to La Niña in the Pacific

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from | East Africa's drought is the worst in sixty years. Scientists say the dry conditions in the Horn of Africa are at least partly the result of an event half a world away. The event is called La Niña, which means "little girl" in Spanish. A La Niña begins when waters become cooler than normal in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator. Changes in wind currents can then affect wea<br/><br/>