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Cyclone Pam increases El Nino risk for Australia

March 18, 2015 Reprints

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has said that the recent cyclone Pam, which hit Vanuatu, is likely to have increased the chances of an El Nino event in 2015 in the country, reported Sydney Morning Herald.

Cyclone Pam and tropical storm Bavi have combined and produced "one of the strongest reversals in the trade winds in recent years," the Bureau said.

El Nino could result in drier, hotter conditions across Australia's eastern states.

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