Severe drought in Central America

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Drought hits Central America's crops, cattle

 

Nicaragua and the rest of Central America has been hit by a major drought that has killed thousands of cattle, dried up crops and forced cities to ration electricity.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/drought-hits-central-americas-crops-cattle-221229268.html

 

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Guatemala Declares State of Emergency for Drought

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guatemala-declares-state-emergency-drought-25123757#.U_zd4d4CKxI.twitter

[Guest Javier Perez]

Quite wet and cool by contrast in South America, temperature only around 12C in Santiago though going to be increasing soon as the days go longer.