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Central America braces drought-linked food crisis

2014-08-14 19:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Low rainfall linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon has led to drought in parts of Central America, causing widespread damage to crops, shortages and rising prices of food, and worsening hunger among the regions poor. An unusually hot season and extended dry spells have brought drought to areas in eastern and western Guatemala and El Salvador, southern Honduras and northern and central Nicaragua, destroying swathes of bean and maize crops, the regions staple foods, and putting pressure on...

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