El Niño bites in the Pacific. “What is normal for us is about 100 to 200 millimetres of rainfall per month, but that has actually gone well below 50 percent of the norm,”
by Wagamaga
El Niño bites in the Pacific. “What is normal for us is about 100 to 200 millimetres of rainfall per month, but that has actually gone well below 50 percent of the norm,”
by Wagamaga
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Some Pacific nations are feeling the bite of El Niño through dry conditions, while others in drought get relief through above average rainfall.
The southern Cook Islands has received below average rain for the last six months, despite rain last week.
Meteorological Service director Arona Ngari said dry conditions are affecting the whole of the southern group, including Rarotonga.
“What is normal for us is about 100 to 200 millimetres of rainfall per month, but that has actually gone well below 50 percent of the norm,” Ngari said.
The met office had asked the community to conserve water, he said.
In Fiji, Nadi received less than a third of its normal December rain and Suva had received half of the average.