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EO News: Scientists Say Adios to La Niña - May 9, 2000 (381 words) |
 | La Nina, the large area of cold water in the Pacific Ocean widely blamed for last summer's drought and often related to an increase in the number of hurricanes that make landfall, appears to be on its last legs. |
| Suddenly during May of 1998, the warm waters of El Nino were replaced by the cold water phenomenon known as La Nina which has persisted till now. |
| Historically, another consequence of La Nina is an increase in the number of hurricanes that make landfall in the U.S. The two hurricanes that made landfall and caused the disastrous flooding along the North Carolina coast are consistent with that trend. |
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