BBCNEWS Weather World June 4, 2024 19:42:00
Driven by the intertropical convergence zone, or the itcz, a band of thunderstorms that encircles the planet near the equator. the strong heat of the sun causes air to rise, helped by converging trade winds from northern and southern hemispheres, generating a zone of intense downpours. as the sun shifts northwards and southwards, relative to the earth, so does the itcz. as it moves northwards, it brings the so—called long rains from march to may. this year, those long rains failed. as it moves back southwards, there's a briefer wet season, known as the short rains, from october to december, ...