El Nino in India – El Nino may result in increased drought in India during 2010
Posted on Aug 7, 2009
El Nino may cause increased drought India (and may be Australia and Africa) and it may be one of the hottest year in 2010. El Nino is a periodic warming of the normally cold waters of the eastern tropical Pacific, the ocean region westwards out from South America along the line of the equator. The reports of the new El Nino are confirmed by meteorologists at Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research according to ‘The Independent’.
New El Nino may result in
- Increased drought in Africa, India and Australia
- Heavier rainfall in South America
- Increased extremes in Britain, of warm and cold
- May be second-strongest El Nino after 1998
- Its potential for economic and social impact is considerable
It may be recalled that in 1997-98 El Nino combined with global warming made 1998 into being the world’s hottest year. This has caused major droughts and catastrophic forest fires in South-east Asia.
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