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Australia could swing from three years of La Niña to hot and dry El Niño in 2023

Australia could swing from three years of La Niña to hot and dry El Niño in 2023


Australia could swing from three years of La Niña to hot and dry El Niño in 2023
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Australia notched three straight years of above-average national rainfall to the end of 2022. Extensive flooding in some regions of NSW and South Australia remain ongoing, and Indonesia has also been affected by flooding.

Even so, 2022 was on track to be either the fifth or sixth hottest on record, the World Meteorological Organization has said.

"We don't know whether [the next dry spell] is going to be a long one or not," Santoso said.

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