The intensity of heavy downpours has increased by 40% since pre-industrial times, with some areas receiving more than a year’s rain in just days

While the recent rains caused damage to infrastructure and in communities, it does more good than bad in agriculture

Better dam levels and a stable electricity supply for irrigation will continue to benefit the horticulture sub-sector and floriculture

Slightly high prices and lower input costs, as well as the prospect of good rain will probably driving this

The weather event is predicted to bring above-normal rainfall in January before easing up, but the northeast may remain dry

In many locations, especially in the tropics, La Nina produces the opposite climate impacts to El Nino, which heats up the surface of the oceans