The possibility of dreaded El Nino coming in 2017 has become all the more real, with the Australian Weather Bureau (AWB) upgrading the status to 'El Nino Watch' which means that likelihood of this weather phenomenon forming in 2017 is now 50 per cent.
El Nino has had an over-bearing impact on Indian rains and 80 per cent of El Nino years has seen below-normal rains in the country, while 60 per cent have been outright drought years.
Till few weeks, back most meteorologists had forecast the possibility of El Nino at less than 50 per cent with the World

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