Brazil Drought Seen Easing as Cold Front Signals Rain
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The Brazilian heat wave and drought threatening coffee crops and pushing up domestic hydropower prices will ease this week as a cold front approaching the country’s south brings showers, a government forecaster said.
The southern states of Parana and Santa Catarina, along with the southeastern state of Sao Paulo, will get rain by Feb. 13 and some southern areas will see showers as early as tomorrow, government meteorologist Joao Caetano Mancini said. Mato Grosso do Sul state in the west and Minas Gerais state north of Sao Paulo may also get rainfall this week, he said.