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Recent Swiss drought sign of things to come, weather expert says

World Radio: Recent prolonged dry spells in the west and south of Switzerland--theworst seen inmore than 30 years--raised questions about whether the phenomenon is another example of global warming. To shed more light on the meteorological issue, WRS`s Pete Forster talks to Professor Sonia Seneviratne, the coordinator of a Swiss research group on droughts in the country.Seneviratne says the dry episode was indeed particularly severe in certainregions and that less than normalprecipitation can be expected in the...