TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s weather bureau said on Thursday the La Nina phenomenon was continuing and there was a 70% chance it would end during the Northern Hemisphere spring.
Last month, it had said there was an 80% chance that La Nina conditions would end in spring.
A La Nina weather event is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean region and is also linked with floods and drought.
(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Edmund Blair)
