Correction to: Nature Climate Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0835-8, published online 30 June 2020.

In the version of this Correspondence originally published, the funding information for authors A.A.M.S. and K.K.M., given in the first sentence of the Acknowledgements, was incorrect and should have read “A.A.M.S. is supported by the Climate and Development Africa Special Fund of the African Development Bank through the Satellite and Weather Information for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa (SAWIDREA) project. K.K.M. is funded by the European Union through GMES and Africa project.” The online versions of the Correspondence have been corrected.