Rains
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ECONOMY
Honduras Counts Empty Corn Rows as Drought Steals the Final Planting Season
In southern Honduras, ninety-one-year-old Gertrudis Paz holds a nearly barren ear of corn, proof of a harvest erased by drought.…
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AMERICAS
Mexico Tracks Tropical Storm Marie as Heat and Floods Split the Forecast
Tropical Storm Marie is strengthening off Mexico’s Pacific coast, threatening heavier rain and dangerous surf even as its center moves…
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Environment
Central America Blooms Before Rain and Counts the Climate Cost
Each dry season’s end brings Central America a brief eruption of yellow and pink, when guayacán and savanna oak flowers…
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Environment
Flood Deaths Test Latin America as Rivers Rise, Drains Fail
From the streets of Guayaquil to the slopes of the Andes, rains from February to March are causing deaths and…
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AMERICAS
Bolivia’s Rains Wreak Havoc: 51 Dead, National Emergency Officially Declared
Bolivia has faced an unusual monsoon season, resulting in the tragic loss of 51 lives and affecting 378,885 families. This…
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ECONOMY
Weather Woes Impact South American Crops Amid Production Hopes
Prediction models indicate brutal weather in Brazil and Argentina, threatening the hoped-for record crop season. Heavy rains are expected in…
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Environment
Tragic Landslides and Torrential Rains Devastate Ecuador and Central America
At least six people have been killed and several homes buried by landslides in Baños, Ecuador, following days of torrential…
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