24 FEBRUARY 1998. PERU: IMPACT (DESERT LAKE)

David Koop, reporting on Nando.net for The Associated Press, reports that ENSO rains in northern Peru have created what is now Peru's second largest lake, in the northern Sechura Desert. President Fujimoro of Peru estimated its size as 25 x 185 miles and 33 feet deep.--Nando.net <http://www.nando.net>

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