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Wajir County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators Rainfall. • The County received below average rainfall throughout the month of November 2020, with poor distribution in both time and space. The OctoberNovember-December (OND) 2020 seasonal rainfall is likely to cease after the first week of December over several parts of the county. Vegetation. • Vegetation condition indexes indicated declining normal vegetation greenness with a score of 37.06. Phy...

Isiolo County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators ▪ The month of November was characterized by sunny and hot weather with few rainy days in the beginning and mid-month. ▪ The county Vegetation Condition declined to normal vegetation greenness. ▪ Majority of accessible forage was fair, with little regeneration taking place as shortage in traditional grazing areas looms. ▪ Water availability was fair due to low recharge level which may last not ...

Marsabit County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators Rainfall: In the month under review, agro-pastoral areas received near average rains whereas most parts of pastoral areas recorded below average. Vegetation condition: 3-months Vegetation Condition Index for the month under review was 49.08 across the County hence significant deterioration when compared to the previous month’s VCI of 63.27. Socio-Economic Indicators (Impact Indicators) Production i...

Tana River County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Drought Phase: Normal-STABLE • Below average amount of rainfall were received in the month of November 2020. • The November Vegetation Condition Index values for Tana River County are above normal but on a declining trend across all sub-counties. • The Water levels in most water pans were above normal at 3(40%-70%) in Mixed and Marginal mixed all livelihood zones but below normal in Pastoral livelihood zones. Socio...

Meru County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators Rainfall: Below normal average rains were recorded across the livelihood zones with erratic and unevenly distribution in terms of time and space. Vegetation condition: Above normal greenness condition was recorded across all livelihood zones. Pasture and browse condition was fair to poor across all the livelihood zones. Socio Economic Indicators (Impact Indicators) Production Indicators: Farmers were eng...

Narok County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators The onset of short rains was late with poor-fair spatial and temporal distribution Moderate rains was recorded during the month of November. Amounts received were unevenly distributed in time and space. Vegetation condition: The county vegetation greenness was above normal across all the livelihood zones during the month under review. Pasture and browse condition were fair to good across all the livelih...

Kenya: Kwale County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 31 December, 2020 - 15:10 Country: Kenya Source: Government of Kenya Please refer to the attached file. Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators ▪ The first two dekads received above normal rainfall during the month. ▪ The vegetation condition index for November was normal for this time of the year implying normal vegetation greenness. ▪ However, the vegetation condition in the...

Kenya: Kitui County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 31 December, 2020 - 15:10 Country: Kenya Source: Government of Kenya Please refer to the attached file. Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators ▪ The onset of 2020 short rains was timely in third dekad of October. However, parts of the county observed late onset in the first dekad of November. ▪ The vegetation greenness was normal. Socio-Economic Indicators (Impact Indicators)...

Turkana County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators • Rainfall with a distribution in time of 3-4 days was experienced along the Western side of the County in November. Cumulative rainfall received during the 6-month period (June-November 2020) accounted for 88 percent of the normal rainfall for that span of time. The outlook for December as evidenced by the SPI3 indicates enhanced probability of below normal rainfall. • Condition of overhead veget...

Taita Taveta County: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for November 2020 Format Biophysical Indicators ▪ The county received rains that were within the normal range. The rains were characterized by uneven and poor distribution in terms of space and time respectively. ▪ The county vegetation greenness condition was normal (VCI3Month; 43.63) and projected to be good due to ongoing rains. ▪ The soil moisture climatology was normal and forecasted to be normal in December. Socio Economic Indicato...