Malawi Meteorologists Predicting Mild to Moderate El Nino Phenomenon in 2009/10 Rainfall Season

The department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services in Malawi have said in their rainfall seasonal forecast that the country is going to face an El Niño phenomenon during the 2009/ 2010 rainfall season. El Niño conditions are usually associated...

El Nino Confirmed to Give Colder European Winters

Climate scientists have confirmed links between the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) – a natural oscillation in the Pacific Ocean – and the weather over Europe in late winter.

First Quarter Century of London Thames Barrier

On the day that marks 25 years since the Thames Barrier was first raised to protect London from possible flooding, experts from the Met Office say that the next quarter century could see greater frequency of extreme weather events along with more torrential...

La Niña Likely to Continue Into 2008

The World Meteorological Organization says the La Niña weather event is under way across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific and these conditions are expected to continue through the first quarter of 2008.