Editor’s Insight: Why New Zealand dodged El Nino’s drought bullet
A US weather forecasting service says El Nino has collapsed. With special audio feature.
Fri, 12 Feb 2016
Back in October, weather forecasters and economists were expecting a big hit on the country’s agricultural production.
It was reckoned it would be at least as bad as the 1997-98 summer when the so-called southern oscillation or El Nino weather system caused a severe drought.