"Drought and flood both can cause shortage of food as crops don't grow as they should. Both can go hand in hand in PNG. Just having less rain already affects the growth of a lot of plants depending on an abundance of water, and a continues shower quickly accumulates a lot of water in the tropics. It is common to receive 10% of Switzerlands annual rainfall in just one night.
Last year's drought made UN's World Food Program to step in and help out with rice. In this story it was a flood that caused the government of PNG to help with food relief."
Here the full story as released by MAF PNG:
Last year's drought made UN's World Food Program to step in and help out with rice. In this story it was a flood that caused the government of PNG to help with food relief."
Here the full story as released by MAF PNG:
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| A plane load of goods ready to be loaded into the Caravan |