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Another Busy Hurricane Season Possible
A La Nina was being watched closely by the U.S. National Weather Service for the possibility it might help produce another busy Atlantic hurricane season.

Don't Get Caught Flatfooted
The government weather bureau PAGASA has warned that the weather phenomenon La Ni?a could be on its way and could bring about serious disturbances by way of more frequent and more intense typhoons.

Another Varied Weather Month in NE Washington
Just when you thought spring was in imminent dan?ger of springing out all over, the region got hit with an arc?tic blast that served as a re?minder that it’s February and still winter in the north coun?try.

Beihai Hit by Severe Drought
Beihai city in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has been hit by a severe drought with over 300,000 people facing drinking water shortages.

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v La Nina Returns

We're finally settling in to more normal winter weather in Michiana, but a shift in the weather pattern may spell trouble.

v Water Shortage Eats Into Family Budgets
Francis Mutua Mutuku wakes up at 5 a.m. six days a week to trek to Industrial Area in search of menial jobs to sustain his family of five.

v La Nina Conditions Intensifying in the Pacific Region
THE latest update from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) indicates that climate patterns in the Pacific evolving during January and February have continued to support a likely La Nina event in early 2006.

v Delayed El Nino Phenomenon to Affect 80% of City

v El Nino Events Affect Southern Right Whale Breeding Success

v Study: Global Warming Could Strengthen El Ni?o, Cause Famines

v New Climate Research Reveals Growing Risk of Water Shortages and Flooding in California

v Biologists Focus on Effects of Earth's Rising Temperatures

v Weak Links Could Cause Climatic Catastrophe

v Gov't Prepares for Climatic Changes

v Water Shortage Eats Into Family Budgets

v Lurching from One Water Crisis to the Next

v La Nina Conditions Intensifying in the Pacific Region

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• La Nina to Blame for Predictable Calamity