A US government forecaster on Thursday confirmed that El Nino conditions are now being seen, with farmers from Australia to India bracing for the possible hit to crops from the dry, hot conditions it could bring.
El Nino, a warming of water surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, could gradually strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2023-24, the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in its monthly advisory.
