Another drought year in store for Cambodia
![](https://pp.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rice_farmers_kids_play_at_samroang_kandal_village_russei_keo_district_pp_26_01_2015_vireak_mai-150x150.jpg)
As the weather pattern known as El Niño threatens to wreak havoc on climactic conditions across the globe, the Cambodian government has warned that higher-than-usual temperatures, which already sparked droughts this year, will cause next year’s rainy season to be even shorter.
What’s more, the heat wave is expected to dramatically shorten the already-brief period of mercifully lower temperatures typically experienced in the coming months.