La Niña Phenomenon Linked to Severe Drought in Morocco and Spain

This is a natural phenomenon that favors an abnormal cooling of the eastern Pacific near the South American coast, and which affects countries like Spain, Morocco and the western states of the United States, reports La Opinion de Malaga.

In Spain, it seems that La Niña is at the origin of the severe drought that has been going on for several months, explains Juan Jesús González, physicist, researcher in atmospheric dynamics and spokesperson for the National Meteorological Agency (AEMET), specifying that this natural phenomenon causes notable changes in temperature and rainfall regimes in the tropical zone.

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"This period of lack of rain, which has already lasted for a month and a half, is more or less normal; what is abnormal are the forecasts indicating that this situation could last until March," develops the expert who points out that this drought can affect other regions such as Morocco, the western United States and Latin American countries.

Morocco, a neighboring country of Spain, is experiencing the same climatic variations. Currently, the kingdom is experiencing its worst heat wave. According to the latest data from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, the US weather agency, there is a strong chance that La Niña "will persist until May 2022".