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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
Landslides, flooding, strong gusts and large swells are adding to the “destructive” Cyclone Yasa, which hit Fiji two hours earlier than predicted. The category 5 cyclone made landfall in Bua, Vanua Levu, at 6pm Thursday (7pm NZ time), two hours earlier than originally predicted, according to Metservice Fiji. A state of natural disaster has been declared and a strict curfew imposed until Friday morning. The eye of the storm is passing 100 kilometres east of Yasaway-i-rara and 90km southwest of Labasa, according to the Fijian Government. Metservice Fiji is predicting the centre of the cyclone to be located about 25km northwest of Koro and 130km northeast of Suva by 11pm. By 11am on Friday, it will be about 80km east of Moala and 230km east of Suva.