Sodden death of long, hot summer

A WETTER autumn than usual is set to follow the UK’s warmest summer on record as the La Nina phenomenon is likely to turn the world’s climate on its head.

- By Toby Codd

The oceanic and atmospheric event, which is the flipside of the warming El Nino, involves a cooling of the sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.

There is a 55% chance La Nina will impact weather from now onwards, according to the World Meteorological Organisation.