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The Enriquillo Lake area is being regarded as an ecological disaster, as the rising waters of the salt water lake have covered farm lands, reports the Listin Diario. The rising waters have engulfed homes, roads and now even threaten the three main highways that connect the Barahona province to the rest of the country. Floods that have raised the water level of the lake have covered up parts of the Cabritos Island located in the center of the lake, and the La Azufrada, formerly a popular natural sulphur water pool. Eng. David Volquez says that in the past five months the waters have covered more than 200,000 tareas (126 million square meters) that were planted with plantains, bananas, yuca, leek, avocados, coconuts and avocados, and other farm produce. Cattle-grazing land has also been affected. He said that in less than half a year, an average of four kilometers of planted [...]

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