‘They’re killing us slowly’: Sandstorms and drought stalk Madagascar

The Telegraph published this video item, entitled “‘They’re killing us slowly’: Sandstorms and drought stalk Madagascar” – below is their description.

Life has never been easy in southern Madagascar, but it wasn’t always this hard, either. Sandstorms, drought and poverty have pushed the vast region into a hunger crisis – with 1.3 million people experiencing severe food insecurity.

The United Nations has warned the situation is at risk of spiralling into the “first climate change famine on earth”, though others argue that decades of deforestation and underdevelopment have played a much larger role in creating the current crisis.

In the last two to three years the price of water has jumped by 300 per cent, while food has become increasingly scarce as the worst drought in four decades has decimated harvests. Locals increasingly rely on raketa mena, or red cactus fruit, to survive.

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/climate-change-famine-in-madagascar/

Produced and directed by Harriet Barber, Global Health Security

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