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El Niño's devastating effect on Indonesia

October 20, 2015

El Niño has hit Indonesia hard, bringing about extreme drought, loss of crops and fires. The last time El-Niño struck with comparable force, it cost Indonesia nearly 5bn US-dollars.

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This time, economists expect this figure to be much greater.

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