Dry winter season in Lebanon worries experts – WORLD

Dry winter season in Lebanon worries expertsDry winter in Lebanon threatens health and food securityLebanese experts and officials are concerned that the lack of expected rainfall for several weeks and the impact of unseasonal hot weather could have serious implications for the country’s health and food security.During the last 3 weeks, when the winter season should be felt most intensively, the country has been dominated by sunny weather, and the amount of rain and snowfall expected at this time of the year has decreased. While the amount of rainfall in Beirut at this time of the year should have been 450 millimeters, this year 290 millimeters of rain fell.