CLAIM · ASSESSED ~ · CONFIDENCE 0.72
Seasonal forecasts point to strong El Niño and heightened drought risk across southern and central Mozambique.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because whoever controls the dams upstream controls the water, food and electricity of everyone downstream — and India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty shows river flows are now being used as a weapon between nuclear-armed neighbors.
Part of the monitored dynamic Global Water Security · VUCA INDEX 69/100
EVIDENCE CHAIN · 1
INGESTED ARTICLETIER 1JUL 10
reliefweb.int — One Year of the Mozambique Local Humanitarian Coordination Platform (MLHCP) [EN/
"Seasonal forecasts now point to a strong El Niño and a heightened risk of drought across southern and central Mozambique, with several districts still recovering from this year's floods now among those facing drought."
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from reliefweb.int · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 13.
Extracted JUL 10; approved JUL 13 at 0.72.
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