€13.5 Million: EU Helps Africa Prepare for El Niño

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The EU has made €13.5 million available to help African countries prepare for El Niño. Xataka, La Libre Belgique and Handelsblatt report this consistently. The assistance is aimed at countries that must prepare for an exceptionally strong weather phenomenon.

Expected El Niño Stronger Than All Previously Recorded Ones

According to La Libre Belgique and Handelsblatt, no El Niño as strong as the one now expected has ever been recorded since measurements began. Both sources therefore explicitly speak of an expectation, rather than an already completed measurement.

€13.5 Million for African Countries

The support is aimed at African countries organizing their preparations for El Niño. The contributions do not name individual countries or concrete measures. The documented focus is therefore on the European funding and the expected exceptional strength of the weather phenomenon.

For the countries affected, the assistance means that funds are available for preparations. How the assistance will be distributed in concrete terms and which protective measures will be financed cannot be determined from the available reports.

Status: Sources as of an unspecified time. Further information will follow.