we sent deborah patta there. >> reporter: dawn breaks. villagers hope for rain but it promises to be another scorching day. 70-year-old, malepota makara wakes her five grandchildren. most of them orphaned by aids. it doesn't take long to get the three eldest ready for school, that's because there is nothing to eat. like everyone else in the village. malepota makara's crops have failed. it is painful, says 9-year-old, to go to school without food. this drought his grandmother explains is more severe than i have ever seen. makara knows instinctively what experts have confirmed. this is the strongest el nino on record in southern africa delaying the rains and putting starvation. a pitiful burst of rain in recent days coaxed out some greenery. it is a cruel illusion as it has come too late. this should be lesotho's rainy season. normally i wouldn't be able to stand here, because i would be waist highen water. instead the riverbed is bone dry. u.n. humanitarian coordinator is worried at what is ahead? >> the rainfall has been delayed to an ext

we sent deborah patta there. >> reporter: dawn breaks. villagers hope for rain but it promises to be another scorching day. 70-year-old, malepota makara wakes her five grandchildren. most of them orphaned by aids. it doesn't take long to get the three eldest ready for school, that's because there is nothing to eat. like everyone else in the village. malepota makara's crops have failed. it is painful, says 9-year-old, to go to school without food. this drought his grandmother explains is more severe than i have ever seen. makara knows instinctively what experts have confirmed. this is the strongest el nino on record in southern africa 14 million people at risk of starvation. a pitiful burst of rain in recent days coaxed out some greenery. it is a cruel illusion as it has come too late. this should be lesotho's rainy season. normally i wouldn't be able to stand here, because i would be waist highen water. instead the riverbed is bone dry. u.n. humanitarian coordinator is worried at what is ahead? >>>>he rainfall has been delayed to an exten

we sent deborah patta there. >> reporter: dawn breaks. villagers hope for rain but it promises to be another scorching day. 70-year-old, malepota makara wakes her five grandchildren. most of them orphaned by aids. it doesn't take long to get the three eldest ready for school, that's because there is nothing to eat. like everyone else in the village. malepota makara's crops have failed. it is painful, says 9-year-old, to go to school without food. this drought his grandmother explains is more severe than i have ever seen. makara knows instinctively what experts have confirmed. this is the strongest el nino on record in southern africa 14 million people at risk of starvation. a pitiful burst of rain in recent days coaxed out some greenery. it is a cruel illusion as it has come too late. this should be lesotho's rainy season. normally i wouldn't be able to stand here, because i would be waist highen water. instead the riverbed is bone dry. u.n. humanitarian coordinator is worried at what is ahead? >> the rainfall has been delayed to an exten

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