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Tropical cyclone 06p (Ula), is located approximately 227 nm south of Suva, Fiji, and is tracking west-northwestward at 03 knots.
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Scotland - A 16th century castle in Scotland is on the verge of collapse after chunks of soil were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations. Abergeldie Castle was evacuated after the River Dee washed away about 60 feet of land.
El Niño peaks, expected to decline in coming months
El Niño, which disrupted weather worldwide last year, has peaked. Now forecasters are predicting what may be next for the world’s climate.
A number of El Niño-Southern Oscillation indicators suggest that the 2015–16 El Niño has peaked and weather models predict it will decline in coming months, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said on its website on Tuesday. Conditions will return to neutral during the second quarter with a chance of La Nina in the second half of 2016, it said.
La Nina is a cooling in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, sometimes thought of as El Niño’s opposite. The two are extreme phases of a naturally occurring cycle, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Based on the 26 Niño events since 1900, about 50% have been followed by a neutral year with 40 by La Nina, according to Australia’s weather bureau.
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