After months of teasing, a La Niña winter has finally started – but we don’t blame you if you haven’t noticed.
Lately, it's been cold and wet, but La Niña's cooler Pacific Ocean waters near the equator foretell a warmer, drier winter and fierce fiery spring.
After a record hot year on the planet due to the El Nino phenomenon, it will be replaced for several months by a phenomenon with the opposite effect - La Niña.