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Vol. 5 Num 1081 Sat. June 16, 2007  
   
Point-Counterpoint


La Niña and Bangladesh floods
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Figure 1.(top) Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (°C) during the four-week period 6 May-2 June 2007 (Source: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/index.shtml) & Figure 2:(bottom) The Niño regions [Niño-1+2 (0°-10°S, 90°-80°W), Niño 3 (5°N-5°S, 150°W-90°W), Niño-3.4 (5°N-5°S, 170°W-120°W), Niño-4 (150ºW-160ºE and 5ºN-5ºS)]