Numerous parts of the world will soon be spared the effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has announced that the strongest El Niño in 20 years has ended, Al Jazeera reported. The phenomenon warms the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Its effects this year led to severe calamities in many parts of the world, such as temperature spikes in South Asia, Cyclone Winston in Fiji, drought in Southern Africa that is affecting millions, and flooding in Ethiopia that killed more than 100.
Effects of the El Niño began to be felt towards the end of 2014 and early 2015. Now, its opposite phenomenon, La Niña, is expected to emerge. It brings with it cooler surface waters in the Pacific.
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