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Extreme La Niña brings illness and misery to Peru

For the first time in 40 years, temperatures in Lima fell to 8.8C at the end of July. Since then they have hovered around 13-15C. Houses are poorly insulated in Lima, and according to Percy Mosca of the Peruvian department of meteorology and hydrology, "the cold is made worse by the unusually strong winds in the region, as well as high humidity of more than 80% and sometimes even 95%".

"It's so cold your bones ache," said Dionisia. The whole of Peru is having an unusual cold spell as a result of La Niña, a cyclical climatic phenomenon leading to a cooling of the Pacific Ocean. But the drop in temperatures is also due to a mass of cold air from the south pole, which has also affected Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil.

Unusually low temperatures of 10C have even reached the Amazonian forest, which is more used to recording figures of 20-30C.

http://www.guardian....rature-el-ninia

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Meteorologist expects monster La Nina - Drastic cooling

The warmth ON LAND is a by-product of the years of warm Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and El Nino, says Bastardi.


Southern Hemisphere sea ice now approaching record high levels

However, "the expansion of the Southern Hemisphere sea ice, now approaching record high levels, ought to tell you something about the oceans immediately around the sea ice," says Bastardi. This large mass of water is cooling

"We see drastic cooling over land and IN THE ATLANTIC TOO. In fact, it basically keeps cooling the tropical Pacific into next year, then hammers away at the two areas warmest now - the Atlantic and the continents.

Monster La Nina

In the next nine months Bastardi expects we will "see a monster of a La Nina, reminiscent of the 1950s." Over the coming decades, he expects "to see the Earth's temps retreat back to where they were in the late 1970s



http://www.iceagenow...tic_cooling.htm

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"the expansion of the Southern Hemisphere sea ice, now approaching record high levels," Seems like the proponents of "Global Warming" saw the handwrighting on the wall just in time to switch to "Global Change". All they need now is your change.

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Heavy snow brings Bolivia to a halt

Heaviest snow in 20 years blocks roads and threatens agriculture and alpaca and llama herds in Andean nation.

Cold southerly winds, known as ‘surazos’ by local people, have brought the largest falls to the southwest Potosi region. The snow has blocked roads cutting off many rural communities.
This region relies on agriculture and farmers report that crops have been destroyed and many herds of alpacas and llamas are struggling to find food below the snow cover.

Bolivia has appealed for help from neighbouring countries, requesting helicopters to help drop supplies to those cut off by the snow. The government has only two helicopters of its own.
The harsh winter being experienced by much of central and southern South America is consistent with the current La Nina event. (The cold upwelling of ocean waters off the west coast.)
Although La Nina is weakening, its presence is likely to continue the threat of further harsh weather in the remaining winter months. At least 30 people are known to have died of hypothermia in the capital, La Paz and El Alto.
In recent weeks there have been rarely seen falls of snow in neighbouring Argentina. Concerns have also been raised about the potential damage done by the cold weather to Brazil’s future coffee production – the country is the world’s largest coffee producer.

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