El Niño is back. Well, probably. The see-saw in weather conditions
across the Pacific Ocean is tipping once again, and its baleful effects could be
upon us within six months. That’s the verdict of most of the climate modellers
who have been number crunching temperature data from the middle of the
Pacific.
Four years ago, the “El Niño of the century” wreaked havoc worth
$32 billion around the world, to homes, farming, forestry and tourism.
Many governments are still bruised. This time, forewarned by timely predictions,
they are likely to be thinking up plans to counter the threat.…
