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‘Dry times ahead’

‘Dry times ahead’

January 27, 2020
9:08 pm

Expect the drought conditions here to persist for a while.

The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum is warning in its latest bulletin published today that long term drought is evolving throughout the Caribbean during the three-month period-February to April 2020.

The principal of the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Dr. David Ferrell explained how to Starcom Network News.

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