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October 18, 2021

La Nina's back and it likely means rain in the Northwest, heat in the Southwest

By SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer

For the second straight year, the world heads into a new La Nina weather event. This would tend to dry out parts of an already parched and fiery American West and boost an already busy Atlantic hurricane season.

Just five months after the end of a La Nina that started in September 2020, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a new cooling of the Pacific is underway.


 
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