El Nino unmasked: Changing conditions point to ramped-up risks for Australia

By Peter Hannam
Updated October 25 2015 - 10:28am, first published 11:03am
Long, hot summer: Adam Watkin douses spot fires near his home on Three Chain Road near Lancefield in Victoria. Photo: Justin McManus
Long, hot summer: Adam Watkin douses spot fires near his home on Three Chain Road near Lancefield in Victoria. Photo: Justin McManus

The impacts of the monster El Nino in the Pacific are likely to intensify across much of Australia, including worsening drought and an elevated bushfire threat, after conditions that were nullifying its effects suddenly retreated, the Bureau of Meteorology said.

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