‘Triple La Niña’: Australia may face another summer of flooding rains, US expert warns

Scientists are watching an area in Pacific Ocean that has been unusually cool – a signal current La Niña could linger

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Australia’s east coast could be hit by a rare “triple La Niña” that brings flooding rains and cooler weather for the third summer in a row, a senior US government scientist says.

Experts say the prospect of a triple La Niña is real, but there is disagreement between different computer models and Australia could yet avoid a return of summer floods.

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