The UN World Food Programme has announced that it is cutting food assistance for hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia, where millions are facing the devastating effects of climate change and acute levels of hunger. The agency said the number of people receiving emergency food assistance in the country will decrease from 1.1 million in August to 350,000 in November due to “critical funding shortfalls.”

A recent U.N. report found that 4.6 million Somalis are suffering from acute hunger, and 1.8 million are expected to suffer from severe malnutrition this year. Somalia continues to experience the effects of climate change, including droughts and floods, as well as decades of conflict and insecurity, with some areas controlled by al-Shabab.

U.S. foreign aid cuts have worsened the response by humanitarian agencies that were already struggling to meet the needs of the growing number of vulnerable people.