{"id":14571,"date":"2011-01-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=14571"},"modified":"2011-01-07T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T14:00:00","slug":"devastating-australian-floods-result-of-la-nina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/devastating-australian-floods-result-of-la-nina\/","title":{"rendered":"Devastating Australian Floods Result of La Nina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2010 annual rainfall compared against historical rainfall records.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

North-Eastern Australia is currently suffering floods which are displacing thousands of people from their homes throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales. The likely culprit for these life-altering floods is the La Ni\u00f1a weather phenomenon, which has brought heavy rain and eased drought conditions throughout the east of Australia.<\/p>\n

In their Annual Australian Climate Statement 2010, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology catalogue the highlights of the year in the countries weather. The La Ni\u00f1a event has had a massive effect throughout over two-thirds of the country, making 2010 the third wettest year on record, and helping Australia to its coolest year since 2001.<\/p>\n

None of that, however, has stopped the last decade from being the warmest on record.<\/p>\n

Highlights from the Climate Statement which can be read here include;<\/p>\n