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Normal rains won't banish the drought: the rains will come, forecasters said, but not for a few weeks and probably not in sufficient abundance to end the drought.

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| May 05, 2007 | Merzer, Martin | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Martin Merzer

May 5--The rainy season will return more or less on schedule later this month, meteorologists said Friday, but the state's drought is so profound that only one thing might end it.

Do you want to know what that is? Are you sure?

An extremely wet . . . we really hate using this word . . . hurricane. Or maybe several.

'It's a 'be careful what you wish for' kind of thing," said Robert Molleda, the National Weather Service's warning coordinator for South Florida.

Though scattered thunderstorms are expected this weekend, Molleda called that a "false start." The true rainy season -- nearly daily afternoon…

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