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08/02/2016 GMT

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El Nino in the Pacific is in full swing, threatening with flood, fire and famine

The record-breaking El Nino that developed a year ago is still in full swing, and affecting the weather worldwide. Roland Pease looks into the causes and effects of El Nino.

Floods in South America, fires in Indonesia, famine threatened in Ethiopia, yet more drought in Southern Africa and central America. Plus, a stunning peak in global temperatures for 2015. The current El Nino, just past its peak, has a lot to answer for. Roland Pease talks to the experts who forecast, track and analyse the events in the Pacific Ocean associated with this powerful climate phenomenon. And seeks answers to some burning questions.

(Photo: Indonesia forest fire burning, 2015. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

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