Australia facing three-times the normal threat level of deadly rain, cyclones to end 2020

Australia is now at three-times the normal likelihood of experiencing dangerous weather events linked to colder conditions as part of an atmospheric phenomenon not seen since 2017, meteorologists say. The Bureau of Meterology today updated its El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) outlook to say the country is now on alert for a 70 per cent chance of La Niña forming before the end of 2020. La Niña is a phenomenon caused by strong winds over oceans around the equator, such as the Pacific Ocean, that stir up colder waters and cause sharp shifts in on-land weather conditions.

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