{"id":87421,"date":"2020-11-05T18:17:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=18340"},"modified":"2021-05-17T13:15:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T07:45:17","slug":"la-nina-is-back-what-does-that-mean-for-africa-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/la-nina-is-back-what-does-that-mean-for-africa-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"La Nina is back; what does that mean for Africa, Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> According to the World Meteorological Organization(WMO), the La Ni\u00f1a weather phenomenon is back in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean after nearly a decade\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>La Ni\u00f1a<\/strong>: It means the large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean together with changes in the tropical atmospheric circulation namely winds, pressure and rainfall.<\/li>\n<li>It has the opposite impacts on weather and climate as El Ni\u00f1o which is the warm phase of the El Ni\u00f1o Southern Oscillation(ENSO).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Weather Changes in Asia and Africa due to La-Nina:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In India, La Ni\u00f1a means the country will receive more rainfall than normal leading to floods.<\/li>\n<li>The Horn of Africa and central Asia will see below average rainfall due to La Ni\u00f1a.<\/li>\n<li>East Africa is forecast to see drier-than-usual conditions which together with the existing impacts of the desert locust invasion may add to regional food insecurity.<\/li>\n<li>La Ni\u00f1a could also lead to increased rainfall in southern Africa.<\/li>\n<li>La Ni\u00f1a could also affect the South West Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclone season reducing the intensity.<\/li>\n<li>Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands and the northern region of South America are expected to receive above-average rainfall.<br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"o4WVqUu7I8\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-navy-ships-and-aircraft-to-participate-in-exercise-la-perouse\/\">Indian Navy Ships and Aircraft to participate in Exercise La Perouse<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Indian Navy Ships and Aircraft to participate in Exercise La Perouse&#8221; &#8212; Free UPSC IAS Preparation For Aspirants\" src=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-navy-ships-and-aircraft-to-participate-in-exercise-la-perouse\/embed\/#?secret=uSNJ6hmTMs#?secret=o4WVqUu7I8\" data-secret=\"o4WVqUu7I8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: According to the World Meteorological Organization(WMO), the La Ni\u00f1a weather phenomenon is back in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean after nearly a decade\u2019s absence. Facts: La Ni\u00f1a: It means the large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean together with changes in the tropical atmospheric circulation&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/la-nina-is-back-what-does-that-mean-for-africa-asia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">La Nina is back; what does that mean for Africa, Asia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1351,1310,4182],"tags":[5177],"class_list":["post-87421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-environment","tag-la-nina","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704816417},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}