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Dead Fish, Dead Cows, and Dead Crops in Argentina

The country is going through one of its worst droughts in 60 years.

By Molly Taft Published January 26, 2023, 2:55 pm ET

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A boy stands on the bank of the Salado River in Buenos Aires Province looking at the dead fish on January 22, 2023. — A boy stands on the bank of the Salado River in Buenos Aires Province looking at the dead fish on January 22, 2023. Photo: Natacha Pisarenko (AP)

Thousands of dead fish washed up along the shore of a river in Argentina this weekend, in the latest symptom of the extreme drought and heat that has gripped the country in recent months, the AP reported.

In addition to high temperatures, the country is in the middle of a punishing drought that began in May. The drought is one of the worst to hit the country in decades, officials say.

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