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El Nino is back – and it could be ‘one for the history books’
El Nino has returned, according to the US weather agency, with scientists predicting it could intensify into historic strength by year-end. The climate phenomenon is linked to droughts, floods, and rising temperatures, driven by warming surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.
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