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Africa Update #20

La Nina has not worked its charm on some parts of southern Africa as a large area of extended dryness threatens to destroy crops across several countries. Meanwhile flooding remains a serious issue across Madagascar, Namibia and Angola.

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Latin America Update #19

Heavy, flooding rains soaked southern parts of Brazil during the last week, as a ribbon of little to no rainfall stretched through central parts of South America. Drought remains firmly entrenched in central-western Colombia and poor rains have settled in across Ecuador.

Asia Update #19

Some benefital rainfall pushed into parts of southern China, as relief came to Sumatra. Heavy rains triggered yet another round of flooding in the Philippines, and the big melt has begun in central Asia with a rain on snow event.

Africa Update #19

Some improvement across southern Africa, but many areas remain dangerously dry.

Latin America Update #18

The end of the wet season continues to come together nicely across most of South America. Concerns remain over western Colombia, and some of the dry spells that occurred across parts of northern Argentina, and southern Brazil.