Australia issues El Niño warm weather alert

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 07, 2023 12:10 am

SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday warned of a likely El Niño weather pattern this year, delivering warmer, drier days to a country vulnerable to fierce bushfires.

The chance of this weather phenomenon forming over the Pacific Ocean this year has climbed to 70 percent, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said, reaching its bar for declaring an 'El Niño alert.'

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