Chance of La Nina roughly three times normal likelihood

Derek Barry
Updated August 19 2020 - 2:32pm, first published 2:30pm
The Bureau of Meteorology has raised its El Nino-Southern Oscillation Outlook to La Nina alert status, increasing the chances of floods.
The Bureau of Meteorology has raised its El Nino-Southern Oscillation Outlook to La Nina alert status, increasing the chances of floods.

The Bureau of Meteorology has raised its El Nino-Southern Oscillation Outlook to La Nina alert status, meaning the chance of a La Nina occurring this year has increased to 70 per cent, roughly three times the normal likelihood.

Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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