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Asia
China Articles
Climate Crisis Forces China to Ration Electricity 0822
China’s Record Drought Is Drying Rivers and Feeding Its Coal Habit 0822
China's Fragile Economy Is Being Hammered by Driest Riverbeds since Records Began in 1865 - 0822
Drought-Fueled Power Crisis in China Poses Risk to Clean Energy 0822 - shortfall in hydro power. Projected GDP growth cut to 3%.
China Seeds Clouds for Yangtze Basin, in Worst Heat Wave on Record 0822 - The Yangtze is drying up and shrinking, like many other rivers in the Northern Hemisphere.
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China Is Facing Its Worst Power Shortage in a Decade, a Whole-World Problem 0621
Drought in Northern China Is Worst on Record, Officials Say 0617 - inner Inner Mongolia to Beijing
Ancient Chinese Graffiti Warns of Droughts Ahead 0815 - based on 500 years of stalactites, big drought in late 2030s
How China, the World's Biggest Polluter, Is Dealing with Climate Change 0715 - includes drought in Ningxia and consequent relocations
Taiwan Aims to Rein In Water Use, amid Unusual Drought 0515
How China's Thirst for Clean Drinking Water May Raise Its CO2 Emissions 0415
China’s Parched Plains Ending Run of Record Corn Harvests 1114
Cloud-Seeding Can’t Save China’s Farmers from Serious Drought 0814
Drought Could End 11 Years of Chinese Harvest Growth 0814
China Tries Hi-Tech Rain Dance as It Roasts in Heat Wave 0813
China's Soaring Coal Use Makes Its Water Scarcity Much Worse 0713
Drought Slams Yunnan's 'Water Tower' 0413
China Droughts Raise Water Supply Concerns 0313
India Articles
Driest August in over a Century Risks Worsening India’s Grain Curbs 0823
India Set to Lower ‘Normal Rain’ Baseline as Droughts Bite 0719
Chennai, India’s 6th Largest City, Is Almost Entirely Out of Water 0619
Deadly Tensions Rise as India’s Water Supply Runs Dangerously Low 0618
Battling Century's Worst Drought, India's Farmers Revive Traditional Grains 0817
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India’s Worst Drought in 150 Years Requires Adaptation 0517
3 Straight Failed Monsoons, Bad Drought, Make Angry Clashes in Karnataka 0916
Groundwater Forum Warns of Severe Drought in South Asia 0616
Crippling Drought in Central India Leaves Millions on Brink 0516 - after 2 “failed” monsoons in a row
India to ‘Divert Rivers' to Tackle Drought 0516
Climate Change Leaves Kashmir’s Economy High and Dry 0516
This Is How Serious India's Drought Has Become 0516
Armed Guards at India's Dams as Drought Grips Country 0516
India's Drought Migrants Head to Cities, in Desperate Search for Water 0416
Is India Facing Its Worst-Ever Water Crisis? 0316
Modi Fiddles as Drought Shrivels India's Crops 0915
Crop-Loss Farmers Sell Their Children to Survive 0515
India’s Rain Woes Grow Bigger, Scientists Worried 0414
Climate Change Hits Nepal’s Upper Mustang Region 0913
Millions of Indians Face Worst Drought in Decades 0313
Monsoon Might Fail More Often due to Climate Change 1212
Middle East Articles
It’s Scorching in Iran, and There’s Less and Less Water to Help 0723
Confronting Climate Change — and the Taliban — in Afghanistan 0323
After Comeback, Southern Iraq’s Marshes Are Now Drying Up 0123
Sandstorm Wave Sweeps Middle East, Sending 1,000s to Hospitals 0522
Iraq’s 2nd Largest Lake Is Drying Up, Turning Up Dead Fish 0222
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Drought Leaves Afghans Hungry as Economic Collapse Looms 1221
Iran Forcefully Clamps Down on Protests Against Growing Water Shortages 1121
Drought Turns Part of Iran into a New Dust Bowl 0119
Drought Puts Iraq at Risk of Jihadist Resurgence 0918
Israel to Top Up Sea of Galilee after Years of Drought 0618
Water Pressures Rise in Pakistan as Drought Meets a Growing Population 0618
Emergency Alerts Loom, as Drought Takes Hold in War-Torn Afghanistan 0418
Water Crisis Spurs Protests in Iran 0318
Drought and Neglect Have Decimated Iraq’s Breadbasket 1117
Groundwater Forum Warns of Severe Drought in South Asia 0616
1998-2012 Drought in Mideast Was Worst in at Least 900 Years – NASA 0316
Scarred Riverbeds and Dead Pistachio Trees in a Parched Iran 1215
How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security 1015
Middle East Faces Water Shortages for the Next 25 Years 0815
How Climate Change Helped ISIS 1014
Iran Prays for Rain amid Acute Water Shortage 0914
Is Climate Change (Drought) Destabilizing Iraq? 0914
Jordan’s Farmers Struggle to Weather Climate Change 1113
Other Asia Articles
Kashmiris Suffer through a Dry Winter, Waiting for Snow. Blame Climate Change. 0124
Kazakhstan Steppes Battered by One of Worst Droughts in Living Memory 0821
Parched Taiwan Prays for Rain as 18-Month Drought Hits Sun Moon Lake 0521
As Tensions Rise in the Southern Caucasus, Water Shortages Continue 0920
Thailand Tackles Worst Drought in 40 Years 0220
Rivers Run Dry in Bali as Tourism, Drought, Overwhelm Water Supply 1219
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Beset by Drought, Indonesia to Start Cloud Seeding to Induce Rain 0719
Lowest Rainfall In Decades Pushes North Korea Toward Famine 0519
As Rural Sri Lanka Dries Out, Young Farmers Look for New Job Options 0817
Worst Drought in 16 Years Threatens Food Supplies in North Korea 0717
Worst Drought in 30 Years Could Cost Sri Lanka Billions 0117
Devastating Droughts Continue as El Niño Subsides 0716
Deluge Turns to Dearth for Bangladesh, as Age-Old Water Woes Take New Form 0716
Vietnam Drought Leaves 1 Million in Urgent Need of Food Aid 0616
Unprecedented Drought and Shrinking Glaciers in Nepal 0616
Cambodia Takes Solace from Plow Ceremony, amid Worst Drought in 50 Years 0516
Climate Change Leaves Kashmir’s Economy High and Dry 0516
El Niño Dries Up Asia as Its Stormy Sister La Niña Looms 0416
Delta Drought Gives Glimpse into Bleak Future for Mighty Mekong 0416
Global Warming Hits Rice Bowls 0316
Bangkok Slaps Curfew on World's Biggest Water Fight, amid Drought 0316
El Niño Parches Asia Pacific, Destroying Crops and Drying Up Water Sources 0116
North Korea Says It’s Been Hit by Worst Drought in 100 Years 0615
Borneo’s Sarawak Rivers Drying Up 0914
Africa
Why Hydropower Is Failing This Nation — and Could Fail Others 1124
Southern Africa Endures Its Worst Hunger Crisis in Decades, due to El Niño 1024
Drought Parches World’s Largest Man-Made Lake, Stripping Zambia’s Electricity 1024
Botswana Fights Worst Drought in Decades 0824
Drought Gripping Morocco Is Bad Omen for Global Food Supplies 0624
How an El Niño-Driven Drought Brought Hunger to Southern Africa 0524
Drought Shrinks Morocco’s Vital Al Massira Reservoir by 97% - 0424
24+ Million Face Hunger, Water Shortages as Extreme Droughts, Floods Sweep Southern Africa 0424
More Articles
‘Hot Continent’ Perception Downplays Africa's Heat Wave Dangers 0723
Human-Driven Climate Crisis Fueling Horn of Africa Drought 0423
Low Water Levels Have Created an Energy Crisis at Africa’s’s Largest Dam 0123
In Famed Game Park at Foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Animals Are Giving Up 1222
Africa’s Unreported Extreme Weather in 2022 and Climate Change 1022
Prolonged Drought Brings Famine, Death and Fear to Somalia 1022
Drought and Rising Prices Are Fueling Insecurity in Kenya 0822
‘We Just Pray for Rain’ - Niger in the Eye of Climate Crisis, as Children Starve 0622
Horn of Africa Drought Kills Over 1.5 Million Livestock 0222
6 Dead Giraffes Together Capture Kenya Drought Horror 1221
6 Dead Giraffes Together Capture Kenya Drought Horror 1221
Climate Change Not Causing Madagascar Drought, Famine 1221 - not the #1 cause. Now in
Drought in Northern Kenya Pushes Millions towards Hunger 1021
Drought Puts 2.1 Million Kenyans at Risk of Starvation 0921
4 Years without Rain Leave Madagascar Facing Climate Change-Induced Famine 0821
At Least 1 Million People Face Starvation as Madagascar’s Drought Worsens 0521
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Taps and Reservoirs Run Dry, as Moroccan Drought Hits Farmers 1020
South Africa’s New Drought Is a National Emergency, for 2nd Time in 2 Years 0320
Drought Devastates Food, Power Supplies in Zambia and Zimbabwe 1219
Victoria Falls Dries to a Trickle after Worst Drought in a Century 1219
South Africa Rations Water to Save Dwindling Supplies 1019
Flight to the Future, in Somaliland 0919 - worsening droughts mean most farm country will no longer support crops. Farmers flee to cities and out of country.
Researchers Warn of ‘Unexpected Implications' as Climate Risks Converge 0719
U to 40% of rain in East Africa comes from evaporation of irrigation water in India, for example.
Taps Run Dry for Half of Zimbabwe’s Capital City, Affecting Millions 0719
Why the Next Climate Change Disaster Could Be in Somalia 1218
Cape Town 'Day Zero' Pushed Back to 2019, as Dams Fill Up in South Africa 0418
Hotter, Drier, Hungrier - How Global Warming Punishes the World’s Poorest 0318
More Frequent Drought in Somalia Breeds Conflict over Fertile Land 0318
Drought Inflicts Mounting Losses to Crops in South Africa's Western Cape 0318
Water Crisis Intensifies in Cape Town 0118
Cape Town Rations Water before Reservoirs Hit Zero 1017
Solar Grid Keeps Harvests High, Hospitals Lit in Parched Rural Zimbabwe 0917
After Months of Water Rationing, Nairobi May Run Dry 0717
South Africa's Western Cape Declares Drought Disaster 0517
Region suffers 2-year drought, water shortage worst in 113 years,
As Drought Sweeps Kenya, Herders Invade Farms 0317
Congo Risks 50% Power Drop, due to Low Rainfall, Record Low Congo River 0317
Farmers in Sudan Battle Climate Change and Hunger, as Desert Creeps Closer 1216
HotSpots H2O - Africa’s Water Challenges 1116
As Drought Grips South Africa, a Conflict over Water and Coal 0516 - its most extreme drought since 1900
Drought-Hit Ethiopia Needs Money for Seeds, as Rains Begin 0316
As Mozambique's Rivers Dry Up, Hopes of a Harvest Evaporate Too 0216
Drought May Affect 49 Million in Southern Africa 0216
Dry Ivory Coast Weather May Cut Season’s Mid-Crop, Farmers Say 0216
Drought-Stricken Zimbabwe Declares State of Disaster 0216
South Africa Suffers Driest Year on Record in 2015 - 0116
In Ethiopia, Millions Face Weather-Related Food Shortages, Aid Group Says 1215
South Africa to Name 2 More Provinces as Drought Disaster Areas 1115
Zimbabwe’s Mega Zambezi Dam Project Could Flounder as Climate Changes 1115
Ethiopia, a Nation of Farmers, Strains under Severe Drought 1015
Zambian President Blames Global Warming for Worst Power Crisis 0915
70 Million Nigerians Affected by Desertification, Drought 0915
As Droughts Worsen, Joined-Up Adaptations Build Resilience in Arid Kenya 0915
As Drought Destroys Maize, Zimbabwe Tries Out New Staples 0915
Fleeing Drought, Climate Migrants Press Zimbabwe's Fertile East 0815
Middle East Faces Water Shortages for the Next 25 Years 0815
Number of Ethiopians Needing Food Aid Surges to 4.5 Million, after Failed Rains 0815
Zimbabweans Go Hungry, as Drought Hammers Southern Africa 0515
El Niño Could Bring Drought and Famine in West Africa 0515
Drought, Expanding Deserts and ‘Food for Jihad' Drive Mali's Conflict 0415
Africa Faces Water Crisis Despite Discovery of Huge Aquifers 1013
Angola Government in Denial over Impact of Severe Drought 1013
Rejuvenating Rains Don't Come to Namibian Desert 0813
Sahel Region Set for Rise in Climate Refugees 0813
Drought Worsens Child Malnutrition in Cameroon 0713
Shrinking Aquifers in Drought-Stricken Areas 0613
Sulfate Aerosol Pollution from the North (US+) Major Factor Decades of African Drought 0613
Commercial Farms, Climate Shifts Dry Tanzanian River Basin 0613
West Africa Struggles to Fill a Sahel Climate Gap about Future 0513
Climate Change Hits Zimbabwe Agriculture 1012
More Frequent Droughts Likely in Eastern Africa 0111
2013 photos: Egypt farm along the Nile was irrigated
Angola, October 2013
Latin America
Brazil Articles
More than 420,000 Children Affected by Record Drought in Amazon - UN 1124
8 Dead as Violent Storms Sweep Brazil after Worst-Ever Drought 1024
Dramatic Shrinking of Major Amazon Rivers 0924
Severe Amazon Drought Made 30 Times More Likely by Climate Change 0124
Parched Rivers, Withered Crops Show Dire Impact of Amazon Drought 1123
Drought Turns Amazonian Capital into Climate Dystopia 1023
In Brazil’s Amazon, Rivers Fall to Record Low Levels during Drought 1023
Climate Change Brings Extreme, Early Impact to South America 0322
Amazon Rainforest Likely Drier, More Fire-Prone This Year 0420
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Study Finds Human Influence in Amazon's 3rd 1-in-100 Year Drought since 2005 - 0817
Brazil Races against Time to Save Drought-Hit City, Dying Crops 0217
Record Heat and Drought Seen in Amazon during 2015-16 El Niño 0117
As Brazil's Largest City Struggles With Drought, Residents Are Leaving 1115
New NASA Data Shows Brazil's Drought Deeper than Thought 1015
Drought Drives Water Shortage to Critical Stage in Sao Paulo, Brazil 0815
Update on São Paulo Drought - Out of Fire, into Frying Pan 0515
Sao Paulo’s Reservoirs Feel Pinch of Failed Wet Season 0315
Taps Start to Run Dry in Brazil’s Largest City 0215
Brazil's Most Populous Region Facing Worst Drought in 80 Years 0115
São Paulo’s Water Crisis - Reservoir Hogs 1214
Drought-Hit Sao Paulo May 'Get Water from Mud’ 1114
Water War Amid Brazil Drought Leads to Fight Over Puddles 1114
Biggest Brazil Metro Area Desperate for Water 1114
Election-Year Water Crisis Taking a Toll on Brazil's Economy 1114
Amazon Rainforest Losing Ability to Regulate Climate 1014
Drying Amazon Could Be Major Carbon Concern 1014
Rain-Making Amazon Forest Shrinks, So São Paulo Is Running Out of Water 1014
Water Crisis Squeezes São Paulo State 1014
São Paulo Running Out of Water Unless Reserve Tapped Now 1014
Brazil Drought Crisis Deepens in São Paulo 1014 - Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte) too.
Drought Plagues Brazil’s Richest Metropolis 1014
Brazil Drought Crisis Leads to Rationing and Tensions 0914
What's Next for Brazil's Cerrado, Deforested Focus of Booming Agriculture? 0514
Farmers Seeking Heat Relief Signal Brazil Climate Peril 0414
Drought Could Drain More Than Brazil's Coffee Crop 0214
Failed Rainy Season Gives 12 Million São Paulo Residents a Critical Water Crisis 0214
Rainforest Absorption of CO2 Becoming Erratic 0114
How the Old Amazon May Help Explain the New 0413
Brutal 2013 Drought Lingers in Brazil 0413
2010 Amazon Drought Generated More CO2 Than US 0211
Month Ending Oct. 16, 2010
Mexico Articles
Mexico City Has Long Thirsted for Water. The Crisis Is Worsening. 0524
Mexico City May Be Just Months Away from Running Out of Water 0224
Xalapa’s Chronic Water Scarcity Reflects Mexico’s Deepening National Crisis 0124
Drought-Stricken Mexico Turns to Cloud Seeding to Make It Rain 0823
Mexico’s Cruel Drought - ‘Here You Have to Chase the Water’ 0822
In Drought-Plagued Northern Mexico, 10s of 1,000s of Cows Are Starving to Death 0721
‘Mega-Drought’ along Border Strains US-Mexico Water Relations 0721
Stubborn Drought Expected to Tax Mexico for Years 0312
More Latin America
More than 420,000 Children Affected by Record Drought in Amazon - UN 1124
Driest Month in 55 Years Leads Bogotá to Tighten Water Controls 0924
South America Drought Brings Wildfires and Blackouts 0924
Drought Alert for Receding Lake Titicaca Worries Indigenous for Future 0723
Uruguay Drought Leaves Millions without Tap Water Fit for Drinking 0723
Day Zero for Water Threatens Uruguay’s Capital 0623
More Than a Decade of Megadrought Brought a Summer of Megafires to Chile 0423
Climate Disasters in Latin America Threaten Global Food Security 0722
‘Consequences Will Be Dire’ - Chile’s Water Crisis Is Reaching Breaking Point 0622
Chile’s Unprecedented Plan to Ration water as Drought Enters 13th Year 0422
Paraguay’s Drought Hits Biodiversity, Indigenous Communities the Hardest 0222
The Paraná River, South America’s Economic Lifeline, Is Shriveling 0921
Climate Change Fueling Warm Ocean ‘Blob' Causing Chile Megadrought 0821
Chile's Record-Breaking Drought Makes Climate Change ‘Very Easy' to See 0821
Drought-Hit Argentina Faces Water Worries amid Covid-19 Pandemic 0420
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El Salvador Declares Emergency to Ensure Food Supply in Severe Drought 0718
Ecological Catastrophe Turned a Vast Bolivian Lake into a Salt Desert 0118
In Chile, Many Regard Climate Change as the Greatest External Threat 0717
Bolivians Face Historic Drought. Global Warming Could Intensify It. 1116
Bolivian Water Crisis as Glaciers Vanish 1116
Venezuela Shuts Down for a Week, as Drought Cripples Electricity Supply 0316
Jamaica’s Aging Water Systems Falter under Intense Heat and Drought 1115
Panama Canal Sets Cargo Limits on Ships, due to Drought 0815
Cuba on Edge, as Drought Worsens 0815
Puerto Rico Extends Water Restrictions as Drought Worsens 0815
No Let-up Seen in Santiago's Driest June in 50 Years 0615
Bare Slopes Leave Chile Ski Resorts Feeling Like California 0615
Climate Change in Nicaragua Pushes Farmers into Uncertain World 1214
Only a Few Drops of Water at the Lima Climate Summit 1114
Not Just California - Droughts Extend Across Americas 1014
Casanare Drought Raises Colombia Climate Fears 0414
Rainforest Absorption of CO2 Becoming Erratic 0114
As Reservoirs Shrink and Farms Expand, Chile’s Agriculture at Risk 0913
Europe
Articles
Drought-Hit Danube River Reveals Scuttled German World War II Ships 0924
Spain's Historic Drought Is a Global Warning 0224
Extreme Drought Is Wreaking Havoc on Daily Life in Spain 0723
SE UK Faces Early Hosepipe Ban, as Drinking Water Stocks Face Record Demand 0623
Catalonia’s Farmers Face Threat of Drought … and a Plague of Hungry Rabbits 0423
A Spanish Reservoir, Sau, Immortalized by Pop Rock, Goes Dry 0423
France’s Hottest Year Was Also Very Dry, as Warming Angst Mounts 0123
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Venice Canals Run Dry amid fears Italy Faces Another Drought 0223
Historic Drought Threatens to Cripple European Trade 0822
63% of Land in the EU and UK Is Now Experiencing Drought 0822
Source of River Thames Dries Out ‘for 1st Time’ during Drought 0822
England Records Driest July in 87 Years, amid Sizzling Heat Wave 0822
Drought Tightens Grip on Northern Italy 0722
Spain, Portugal Dryness Unprecedented in 1,200 Years 0722
Italy Declares State of Emergency on Impact from Drought 0722
Europe Faces a Future of Extreme Droughts 0422
Recent European Droughts ‘Worst in 2,000 Years' 0321
Extreme Droughts in Central Europe Are Likely to Increase 7-Fold 0820
Sunniest Spring on Record Raises U.K. Drought Risk 0520
100-Year Drought Hits Poor EU Region Already Reeling from Virus 0520
Germany’s Most Important River Is Drying Out 0420
Czechs Fear Historic Drought Is Threatening Harvest, Water Supplies 0420
German Forest Fire Risk Spikes amid High Temperatures, Drought 0419
Germany Adapts from Its Year of Record Drought 0319
Calls for Farm Support Intensify, as Europe Struggles with Heat Wave, Drought 0718
Drought-Hit Rome to Avoid Water Rationing - City Utility 0717
Heat and Drought Feed Wildfires in Italy, Threaten Beaches near Rome 0717
One of Worst Droughts in Decades Devastates South Europe Crops 0717
Olive Oil Prices Set to Rise Sharply after Andalusia Drought 0814
Half of Britain in Drought, Worst in 36 Years 0412
Australia & New Zealand
Articles
Drought Spurs Australia to Import Rice or Risk Empty Shelves 0720
Thirst Turns to Anger as Australia's Mighty River Runs Dry 1019 - the Darling, in worst drought since 1900 or earlier
Australia’s Drought Likely to Continue for Another 3 Months 0818 - 2nd driest autumn on record. Drought extends from north of Brisbane most of the way to Melbourne and Adelaide.
Great Southern Drought - Australian Farmers Crippled, Climate Action Stalled 0818 - Autumn of 2017 in southern Australia was the driest for 116 years. And 2017 was also the hottest year ever in New South Wales.
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Australia's Drought-Hit Farmers to Miss Any Benefit from U.S.-China Trade War 0818
Worsening Drought Pushes Australian Farmers to the Brink 0618
El Niño Outlook Daunting for Aussie Farmers Already in Drought’s Grip 0515
El Niño Strengthens. Hope for Serious Drought Relief? 0515
1,000 Year Old Ice Core History Allows New Drought Risk Scenarios 1214
Drought Hits Queensland Milk Supplies 1214
New South Wales Farmers Battle Worst Drought in 100 Years 0914
Australia's Dry South to Become Even Drier 0714
Drought Could Cost NZ $2B 0313
New Zealand Drought Worst in 30 Years 0313
Top 3 Wildfire Hot Spots in SE Australia 0812
Canada
Severe Drought Torments British Columbia, a Year after Devastating Floods 1022
We Need to Talk about B.C.’s Drought 1022
Severity and Sweep of Canada Prairie Droughts Could Spiral as Climate Changes 0322
Manitoba’s Drought, Worsened by Climate Crisis, Is Upending Prairie Life 0721
What’s behind the Driest Year for Lake Ontario since 1966? 0721
Study Shows Impact of Irrigation on Drought, Climate Change in Alberta 0815
Signs of Drought Appear to Be in Western Canada for the Long Term 0615
Other & Multiple Countries
Articles
Obama Declares Disaster, as Marshall Islands Suffers Worst-Ever Drought 0416
El Niño Parches Asia Pacific, Destroying Crops and Drying Up Water Sources 0116
1:3 of Papua New Guineans Suffering Drought Crisis 1115
El Niño Threatens Food Supplies in Papua New Guinea 1015
Severe Drought, Floods Destroy Crops in Papua New Guinea Highlands 0915
Papua New Guinea Warns of Worst Drought in 20 Years 0815
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