12 MARCH 1998. BRAZIL: DROUGHT AND HUNGER

Drought has led to widespread fires and to crop failures that threaten 40,000 Yanomani Indians with starvation. Twenty percent of Roraima (21,600 square miles) has burned already as the drought continues.--based on a report by EARTHALERT <http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/earthalert.html>

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