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Strong El Nino "unlikely" this year - U.N. weather agency

by Reuters
Monday, 27 May 2019 09:00 GMT

ARCHIVE PHOTO: A view shows the operation room at the Meteo-France Toulouse site, named as Meteopole, outside the city of Toulouse, France, November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Fred Lancelot

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El Nino is a warming of ocean surface temperatures associated with crop damage, fires and flash floods

GENEVA, May 27 (Reuters) - There is a 60-65% percent chance of El Nino weather conditions emerging between June and August, but a strong El Nino looks unlikely, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization said on Monday, citing its latest assessment of global data.

El Nino is a warming of ocean surface temperatures associated with crop damage, fires and flash floods. The WMO said there was a 50% chance of El Nino conditions from September.

(Reporting by Tom Miles)

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