The El Niño Pacific Ocean warming effect that has contributed to a spike in global temperatures is expected to swing to its opposite La Niña cooling phase from late summer, say weather experts, but without slowing long-term climate change.
A rapid transition from one extreme to the other in the tropical Pacific would see more parts of the world battered by weather events, not long after the strong El Niño warming event has wreaked havoc on rainfall patterns and commodity prices.
The World Meteorological Organization of the UN said there is now a 70 per cent chance of La Niña occurring between August and November.
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