Impact of El Nino on Peru and Australia
El Nino: Separated by the Pacific, Australia gripped by drought while Peru prepares for devastating rain, ABC News, By freelance contributor Krista Eleftheriou in Peru 19 Nov 15 The world’s largest ocean is hosting the yin and yang of El Nino.
On one side of the Pacific, large tracts of Australia are gripped by drought triggered by the phenomenon. On the opposite side, the desert coastline of Peru is preparing for devastating rain.
Scientists warn Peru faces one of the strongest El Ninos on record.
In the next few months it could deliver a multi-billion-dollar damages bill from landslides, floods, failed crops and the collapse of the world’s largest anchovy fishery.
“Peru, along with Australia, is one of the worst affected countries in the world from El Nino,” said Angel Cornejo, professor of climate studies at the National University Agraria in the Peruvian capital, Lima.
“Poverty is the problem here. People live in places that will flood. They are very poor and they have nowhere else to go.”….http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-18/el-nino-peru-prepares-for-devastating-rain/6951042
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