Thursday, 8 August 2013

Environment

La Niña Confirmed on Peruvian coast

The National Committee to Study El Niño (Enfen) has confirmed the presence of the La Niña climatic phenomenon in Peru’s sea, due to three consecutive months of cold water conditions, it said.

According to the El Niño coastal index values, conditions are of a La Niña event, the severity of which will be confirmed in upcoming days.

The climate phenomenon La Niña is characterized by unusually cold surface water temperature, as opposed to the El Niño phenomenon, which is warm. La Niña tends to provoke extreme rains, floods and droughts in Peru.

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