14 JULY 1998. CUBA: DROUGHT Cuba requested emergency aid to deal with the effects of an on-going drought, as the country has had only half its normal rainfall. April - June has been the driest in over half a century, forcing people off the land-based on a report on Earth Alert http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/earthalert.html.

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