The weather is making headlines around the world as heavy rain and flooding affects parts of Australia, Sri Lanka and Brazil. With a strong La Nina in place in the tropical pacific ocean at the moment the focus has been on whether this phenomenon is responsible.
Dr Adam Scaife a leading climate scientist at the Met Office Hadley Centre and an expert on La Nina and El Nino explains La Nina and its impacts in the video below.
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