Future of the Environment

La Niña is officially coming – so how will it affect weather patterns?

Dark clouds pass over downtown Miami, Florida August 15, 2010. An area of low pressure over southwest Georgia could move southward into Gulf of Mexico waters by early Monday and has a medium chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center said on Sunday. The low pressure area was the remnant of Tropical Depression Five which dissipated on Wednesday in the Gulf. The U.S. Gulf of Mexico is home to about 30 percent of U.S. oil production, 11 percent of natural gas production, and more than 43 percent of U.S. refinery capacity.

The La Niña effect is associated with increased intensity and frequency of meteorological hazards such as hurricanes. Image: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Lydia Ramsey
Editorial Intern, Business Insider Science
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