<P> During El Niño events, the shift in rainfall away from the Western Pacific may mean that rainfall across Australia is reduced . Over the southern part of the continent, warmer than average temperatures can be recorded as weather systems are more mobile and fewer blocking areas of high pressure occur . The onset of the Indo - Australian Monsoon in tropical Australia is delayed by two to six weeks, which as a consequence means that rainfall is reduced over the northern tropics . The risk of a significant bushfire season in south - eastern Australia is higher following an El Niño event, especially when it is combined with a positive Indian Ocean Dipole event . During an El Niño event, New Zealand tends to experience stronger or more frequent westerly winds during their summer, which leads to an elevated risk of drier than normal conditions along the east coast . There is more rain than usual though on New Zealand's West Coast, because of the barrier effect of the North Island mountain ranges and the Southern Alps . </P> <P> Fiji generally experiences drier than normal conditions during an El Niño, which can lead to drought becoming established over the Islands . However, the main impacts on the island nation is felt about a year after the event becomes established . Within the Samoan Islands, below average rainfall and higher than normal temperatures are recorded during El Niño events, which can lead to droughts and forest fires on the islands . Other impacts include a decrease in the sea level, possibility of coral bleaching in the marine environment and an increased risk of a tropical cyclone affecting Samoa . </P> <P> In Africa, East Africa--including Kenya, Tanzania, and the White Nile basin--experiences, in the long rains from March to May, wetter - than - normal conditions . Conditions are also drier than normal from December to February in south - central Africa, mainly in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Botswana . </P> <P> As warm water spreads from the west Pacific and the Indian Ocean to the east Pacific, it takes the rain with it, causing extensive drought in the western Pacific and rainfall in the normally dry eastern Pacific . Singapore experienced the driest February in 2014 since records began in 1869, with only 6.3 mm of rain falling in the month and temperatures hitting as high as 35 ° C on 26 February . The years 1968 and 2005 had the next driest Februaries, when 8.4 mm of rain fell . </P>

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