(CNN) Over 350,000 people in Ethiopia's conflict-ravaged Tigray region are experiencing dire hunger, finds a new report by the United Nations and other aid groups.
"There is famine in Ethiopia right now," United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock warned on Thursday.
According to the global Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system, which evaluates food insecurity and malnutrition around the world, substantial parts of the Tigray region are currently in an "IPC 5 Catastrophe" status -- its most severe rating.
The situation is expected to worsen through September, the report also says.
USAID distributes supplies to residents in the town of Hawzen, in central Tigray, who hadn't received much-needed aid for two months.
Persons:
Mark Lowcock, hadn't
Organizations:
CNN, United Nations, Food, USAID
Locations:
Tigray, Ethiopia, Amhara, Afar, Hawzen