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El Niño hits Philippines farmers with drought, rats

Drought is expected to spread across 85 percent of the country by April

By Dennis Jay Santos

Abogantao Saiduna looked across his parched field. Littered by the brittle remains of his corn crop, it has succumbed to the worst drought to hit the southern Philippines in years.

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