TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s weather bureau said on Thursday that normal weather patterns are continuing and that there was a 40% chance of the La Nina phenomenon emerging in the Northern Hemisphere autumn.
There was a greater, 60% chance of normal weather patterns continuing, it said.
A La Nina weather event is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean region and is also linked to floods and drought.
(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim)
