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"Flash drought" over southern Africa has tripled during the last 60 years mainly due to anthropogenic climate change, and it was intensified during 2015/16 in the midst of heat waves. Map by Dan Pisut and Climate.gov, based on NOAA AVHRR satellite data from the STAR program at NESDIS.