'The big one' - El Nino event almost certain

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riting in today’s Melbourne Age, Peter Hannam says the world is headed into a major drought-bringing El Nino event.

His story - “World headed for an El Nino and it could be a big one, scientists say” – warns that the El Nino will lift global temperatures and lead to bushfires and water shortages in eastern Australia.

“Sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific are recording anomalies of more than 1 degree, a combination that has not previously been seen in weekly data going back to 1991, according to a bureau climate forecaster,” he writes.