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WMO steps up action on La Niña
The World Meteorological Organization has strengthened its support to governments, the United Nations, and stakeholders in climate sensitive sectors to mobilize preparations and minimize impacts of La Niña.
In October, WMO declared that La Niña has developed and is expected to last into next year, affecting temperatures, precipitation and storm patterns in many parts of the world.
Since October, La Niña has continued to strengthen, as equatorial Pacific sea surface temperatures have cooled further. Many National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) have reported that ocean and atmospheric indicators now indicate that the La Niña event has matured and, according to most models, is expected to peak in intensity in either December or January. Thus, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology says that model outlooks suggest that La Niña is approaching its peak, with a likely return to neutral conditions during the late southern hemi
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12/14/2020
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Australia s northeast coast was
smashed by heavy rains, wild winds and huge seas for the fifth
straight day on Tuesday, forcing widespread evacuations.
As water levels continued to rise due to the heavy overnight
rains shutting low-lying roads, New South Wales (NSW) state
emergency services directed hundreds of residents of several
regional towns to move to safer places.
The cyclonic conditions, generated by an intense
low-pressure system off the Queensland coast, have swallowed
beaches and submerged large swathes of the heavily populated
regions between NSW and Queensland state borders.
Quiet seaside suburbs were battered by the storm with high
Australians are being warned to shut their windows and cover the gaps in their doors as wet and wild weather drives snakes out of the bush and into people s homes.
Northern New South Wales and the Southeast of Queensland have been hit with a deluge over the past few days with cyclonic conditions causing massive coastal erosion and bringing more than 27 inches of rain over the last 48 hours in some places.
The downpour has inundated the natural habitat of snakes and forced the deadly reptiles to slither into the suburbs. Most of them were able to get in due to a door or window being left open. They can also squeeze in around garage roller doors or through gaps under doors, Stu from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 said