Heavy rains, flash flooding, communities cut off, animals stranded. The annual flooding in the northern rivers region begins.

But how is this weather pattern impacted or intensified by the warming climate?

La Niña is an expected weather pattern that occurs every couple of years, as a result of variations in ocean temperatures in the equatorial band of the Pacific Ocean. Strong winds blow warm water on the ocean's surface away from South America, across the Pacific Ocean towards Indonesia.

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