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The 2015 Caribbean drought is an ongoing drought affecting the Caribbean islands, from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago.[1][2] The situation is further aggravated by the presence of an abnormal amount of dust and dry air over the southern Atlantic.[3] Besides the especially hard hit U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, other Caribbean islands were affected by drought conditions to varying degrees.[1] These include Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago.[1][4][2] The drought region also extends to Guyana in the northeastern region of South America.[2]
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- ^ a b c Ezra Fieser (July 10, 2015). "Water, Water Everywhere? Caribbean Adds to Global Drought". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
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