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The government has this month and part of the next to find a solution to the problem of rising waters of Lake Enriquillo that is forcing families out of their houses and off their farms. The rainy season will begin in about six weeks followed by the hurricane season in June, and most of this activity affects the south and southwest. Weather Department director Gloria Ceballos expressed her concern at the plight of the people living in the provinces of Independencia and Bahoruco due to the rising waters of the Enriquillo and Saumatre lakes on both sides of the border, because it starts raining in the region around mid-April and early May. Currently, the lakes are spreading, reclaiming much of their former size after years of shrinking. In a report in Listin Diario, Ceballos says that in years when the La Nina phenomenon is present, cyclonic activity is greater than [...]

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