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New York Times: In rural villages in Africa and Asia, and in urban neighborhoods in South America, millions of lives have been disrupted by weather linked to the strongest El Niño in a generation. In some parts of the world, the problem has been not enough rain; in others, too much. Downpours were so bad in Paraguay’s capital, Asunción, that shantytowns sprouted along city streets, filled with families displaced by floods. But farmers in India had the opposite problem: Reduced monsoon rains forced them off the......
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El Niño Upsets Seasons, and Upends Lives, Worldwide
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 19th, 2016
Posted in Water Conservation