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Dangerous grass fire season warning as La Niña fuel load dries to 'powder keg': Climate Council

Three consecutive wet years have primed the Australian landscape for dangerous grass fires, with the potential for burning on a scale "never before experienced", warns a new report.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

What Australia learned from recent devastating floods – and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now

Australia and New Zealand have both faced a series of devastating floods triggered by climate change and the return of the La Niña weather pattern. So it makes sense that Australia has now sent disaster crews to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle.

The Conversation · Feb 20, 2023

Formidable Cyclone Freddy, Taking An Unusual Track, Sets Sights On Madagascar

Freddy, a potent tropical cyclone, is anticipated to continue moving into Madagascar next week

Zenger · Feb 16, 2023

Famous Australian beaches vulnerable to severe coastal erosion caused by La Niña

Researchers say erosion of beaches along south-east coast – including at tourist hotspot Noosa – is significantly affecting local biodiversity

The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2023

Pacific Storm Train To Resume Along West Coast

Following a lull over the past few weeks, Pacific storms will once more make it to the West Coast of the United States

Zenger · Feb 3, 2023

UK weather: Met Office says La Niña in the Pacific could bring stormy end to winter

It looks like there'll be no Beast from East from a reverse polar vortex this year

Bristol Post · Jan 28, 2023

An even colder winter ahead thanks to return of El Niño in 2023

A frosty 2023-24 winter season is likely if El Niño ramps up

Wales Online · Jan 26, 2023

Four possible consequences of El Niño returning in 2023

Every two to seven years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean gets up to 3°C warmer (what we know as an El Niño event) or colder (La Niña) than usual, triggering a cascade of effects felt around the world. This cycle is called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) because every El…

The Conversation · Jan 26, 2023

'Dry' California got big rains. Was it really an epic weather forecasting fail?

For decades, two climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean have loomed large in predicting weather in California and other parts of the globe. El Niño — a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific — seemed synonymous with wet winters for Southern California, while La Niña was a heralder…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023

Exploding carp numbers are 'like a house of horrors' for our rivers. Is it time to unleash carp herpes?

With widespread La Niña flooding in the Murray-Darling Basin, common carp (Cyprinus carpio) populations are having a boom year. Videos of writhing masses of both adult and young fish illustrate that all is not well in our rivers. Carp now account for up to 90% of live fish mass in…

The Conversation · Jan 22, 2023