The Turkana , a pastoral tribe in northeastern Kenya , is already reeling from a severe drought that has left scores of people dead and remains of skeletal cows strewn across the flat , arid land . U.N. humanitarian response : East African region facing flooding , mudslides . Warning comes after months of drought in region which has decimated agriculture . Rainy season in Horn of Africa usually begins in mid - October , leading to start of year . Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania , Uganda , Djibouti , Eritrea , Ethiopia set to be affected .
U.N. humanitarian response : East African region facing flooding , mudslides . Warning comes after months of drought in region which has decimated agriculture . Rainy season in Horn of Africa usually begins in mid - October , leading to start of year . Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania , Uganda , Djibouti , Eritrea , Ethiopia set to be affected .