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USA: SCIENTISTS PREPARE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL LA NINA SUMMIT
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Climate experts from around the world are in Boulder, Colorado, this week to discuss the next big global weather event, La Nina.
Scientists at the International La Nina Summit say the phenomenon's cooling effect is just the...
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Gray whales arrive off Baja California on yearly migration
1. View from boat heading to site where the Gray Whale mates and spawns at "Ojo de Liebre" lagoon
2. Mid of boat skipper talking to another man
3. Close up of skipper''s hand on steering wheel
4. Close up of dolphin swimming alongside...
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USA: LA NINA WEATHER PHENOMENON
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Less than a year ago a sigh of relief greeted the end of the El Nino weather phenomenon.
Now it's colder sister La Nina has hit the weather maps and is threatening to cause similarly serious problems.
El Nino is the name for...
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PERU: EL NINO WEATHER PHENOMENON CAUSES TORRENTIAL RAIN
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Torrential rain caused by the 'El Nino' weather phenomenon earlier this year has turned miles of desert in Peru into a giant lake.
The massive stretch of water in the north of Peru, which measures 80 kilometres (50 miles)...
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PERU: EL NINO PHENOMENON AFFECTING SEA LIONS POPULATION
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Thousands of sea lions are dying along Peru's Pacific coast as freak El Nino weather pushes away their staple diet of fish and squid.
Scientists estimate that tens of thousands have been affected by this year's phenomenon -...
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USA: EL NINO WEATHER PHENOMENON STILL GETTING STRONGER
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Meteorologists say that despite variations in El Nino, the weather phenomenon is still getting stronger.
NASA scientists released new satellite images of El Nino on Thursday, showing its activity from January 1997 to early...
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USA: LA NINA WEATHER PHENOMENON TAKING OVER FROM EL NINO
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As the freak weather phenomenon El Nino fades away, its antithesis - La Nina - is beginning to appear on the weather charts of the world.
NASA scientists have released new satellite images that show El Nino's colder sibling...
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PERU: NEW FREAK WEATHER PHENOMENON "LA NINA" LOOMS OFF COAST
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A new freak weather phenomenon is looming off the coast of Peru, just as weathermen are predicting an end to months of devastating floods.
So-called 'La Nina' - a mass of cold Pacific Ocean water - is heading for Peru's...
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INDONESIA: FIRES CAUSE THREAT OF A CHOKING HAZE RETURNING
East Kalimantan, Indonesia - 26 & 27 February, 1998
1. General view of fires
2. Closeup of fires
3. Wide shot of fires
4. Smoke billowing through trees
5. Remnants of burnt-out field
6. Closeup of burnt tree and forest wide shot...
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PERU: FREAK WEATHER CAUSES DEVASTATION ACROSS COUNTRY
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Devastation caused by freak weather has left thousands of people across Peru stranded, homeless, hungry and in need of help.
The country has been hit hard by the arrival of a warm Pacific ocean current known as the El Nino...
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49 killed in second year of devastating floods
7 February 2008
1. Various aerial shots of flood areas
2. Officer looking out of helicopter
3. Aerial shot of flooded neighbourhood
4. Aerial shot of flooded bridge and road
5. Aerial shot of flooded area
8 February 2008
6. Wide of...
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GUATEMALA: FLOODING KILLS AT LEAST 7; RED ALERT IN SOME AREAS
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At least seven people have died in Guatemala as a result of more than a week of heavy rains and flooding.
The National Emergency Committee declared a state of "red alert" in several areas in the south and along the Pacific...
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PERU: LIMA: EL NINO BRINGS MORE DEVASTATING FLOODS
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At least four districts of the Peruvian capital, Lima were flooded on Monday morning - the latest in the devastating string of floods to hit the country as a result of El Nino
Tree trunks, rocks and mud blocked an over-flow...
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PERU: PRESIDENT FUJIMORI TOURS REGIONS HIT BY EL NINO
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Peru's president Alberto Fujimori has been touring rural regions worst hit by the El Nino weather phenomena this week.
Heavy rains and flooding have left 28 people dead, 36 injured, ten reported missing and thousands more...
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Morales tours disaster zone, US ambassador hands out aid
1. President Evo Morales standing next to helicopter with Brazilian soldiers (in Bolivia to help with the floods)
2. Various aerials of flooded areas in Trinidad
3. Helicopter on airstrip after landing
4. Morales descending from...
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USA: LOS ANGELES: SEA LIONS ARE LATEST VICTIMS OF EL NINO
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Sea lions have become the latest victims of the El Nino effect which is being blamed for the relentless storms that have pounded California's coastline.
Deprived of squid and other nutrition due to the unnaturally warm ocean...
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USA: EL NINO WEATHER PHENOMENON EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SPRING
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There's little relief in sight for storm-battered California.
The El Nino rogue current in the Pacific has been blamed - and U-S government officials say the weather phenomenon is expected to drag on through the spring.
"El...
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La Nina brings heavy rains, flooding several towns on Bolivia/Brazil border
Cobija, Pando department, Bolivia - 23 February 2012
1. Wide of flooded street
2. Zoom out from partially collapsed houses due to the rain and the floods
3. Collapsed house with bird on top
4. Woman with bucket on flooded street
5. Man...
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USA: EL NINO DIES OUT IN PACIFIC BUT LA NINA IS BORN IN ATLANTIC
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Scientists say the freak El Nino weather effect is over. But get ready for La Nina.
The latest data from the U-S space agency NASA shows dramatic drops in water temperatures of the Pacific Ocean.
But El Nino's end in the...
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US weather outlook released
Washington DC - 2002
1. Medium shot of White House during snowfall zoom out wide
Arizona - July, 2002
2. Wide shot of wildfires
Texas - Summer 2002
3. Pan of flooding
4. Graphic showing El Nino
Washington DC - 12 December 2002
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PERU: THOUSANDS HOMELESS FOLLOWING SEVERE FLOODS
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The north of Peru has been awash with floods after torrential rains continue to drench the Piura region.
On Tuesday, a bridge which connects part of the Panamerican highway was washed away as a river flooded its banks.
Rescue...
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Global weather-tracking satellite launches after delay
1. Countdown of Delta rocket taking off from launch pad
2. Wider view of Rocket climbing into sky
3. Pan upwards following rocket.
A rocket carrying a global weather-tracking satellite blasted off on Friday after several delays, on a...
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USA: SECOND HALF OF HURRICANE SEASON MAY BE WORSE
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NASA researchers are warning that the second half of this year's hurricane season could be worse than the first.
Friday marks the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season and scientists say the La Nina weather pattern is once...
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EL SALVADOR: RED ALERT DECLARED DUE TO AMOUNT OF FOREST FIRES
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The government of El Salvador has declared a red alert due to the amount of forest fires raging throughout the country.
At least 17 forest fires are being registered daily and the smoke has already covered the capital leading...