Early Warning System Makes Famine Easy to Predict, But Not Prevent Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Elder residents of Kobo, Ethiopia who survived the 1984 famine say that the cumulative effects of several bad rainy seasons have made this the worst drought they can remember. ( David Kahrmann, USAID Ethiopia / flickr ) Produced by Elizabeth Ross Produced by GBH, PRI and WNYC