{"id":66,"date":"2023-02-23T16:51:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T16:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/water-resources-podcast\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=66"},"modified":"2024-02-08T12:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:27:10","slug":"drought-forecasting-in-east-africa","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/water-resources-podcast\/podcast\/drought-forecasting-in-east-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Drought Forecasting in East Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chris Funk talks about drought forecasting in East Africa, with the sixth consecutive drought projected for spring 2023. He describes their improved forecasting skill with up to 6-month forecasts allowing agencies to work together to prevent famines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transcript for this episode is available on our website:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/wrp.beg.utexas.edu\/episodes\/drought-forecasting-in-east-africa\">wrp.beg.utexas.edu\/episodes\/drought-forecasting-in-east-africa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chc.ucsb.edu\/people\/chris-funk\">Chris Funk<\/a> is the Director of Climate Hazards Center at UC Santa Barbara. In 2021 Chris published a book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Drought-Flood-Fire-Contributes-Catastrophes\/dp\/1108839878\"><strong>Drought, Flood, Fire: How Climate Change Contributes to Recent Catastrophes<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; 2015 \u2013 2019<\/strong>. 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