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Low rainfall conditions prompt water rationing until mid-2016

At least half a million residents of Costa Rica’s Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) will suffer water shortages and rationing until next year due to low rainfall levels recorded in the current rainy season, the Water and Sewer Institute (AyA) reported Monday.

El Niño in Costa Rica: We haven’t seen the worst of it yet, say experts

The northwestern province of Guanacaste already has registered the highest deficit in rainfall since the National Meteorological Institute began keeping records in 1937.

El Niño intensifying, could rival strongest in recorded history

The presence of a strong El Niño almost ensures that 2015 will become the warmest on record for Earth and will have ripple effects on weather patterns all over the world.

Costa Rica declares national emergency over drought in northwestern province of Guanacaste

After months of drought, President Luis Guillermo Solís declared a national emergency in the province of Guanacaste and other cantons across the country on Tuesday. The drought in the northwestern province has been the worst in more than 50 years, according to the National Meteorological Institute.

Rains return too late for many struggling Guatemalan farmers

GUATEMALA CITY – Rain is gradually returning to Guatemala after an extended drought in the middle of rainy season brought tragedy to some of the poorest regions of the country. But many agricultural workers say it’s too late to save their harvests.

Drought hits Central America’s crops, cattle

BOACO, Nicaragua – The last raindrop fell three months ago, forcing Carlos Román to take his cattle further and further away to find water and keep them alive in Nicaragua's northeastern farmlands.

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