El Nino Shows Global Reach With Australia-to-Mexico Fallout

A strengthening El Nino will bring a drier winter to Australia’s east, while the west is set for a wetter period, the country’s forecasters said, adding to warnings the pattern may have a global impact from the rice lands of the Philippines to the food markets of Mexico.

The period from June to August is likely to be drier than normal in southern and inland Queensland, northern and eastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria, the Melbourne-based Bureau of Meteorology said in a monthly update on Thursday. Southern Western Australia, the country’s top wheat producer, is set for more rain than normal.