El Nino Tames Australian Cyclones as 46-Year-Old Mark to Fall
- Only three storms formed in season that ends April 30
- El Nino is given credit for keeping storm numbers down
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El Nino is getting some of the credit as Australia nears a record for the fewest tropical cyclones since 1970.
“With the end of the season approaching and only three cyclones so far, the 2015-16 Australian region tropical cyclone season is on track to be the least active since reliable records began,” said Blair Trewin, a climatologist with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne.