As the Australian Bureau of Meteorology confirms that El Niño is now occurring, Clare Nasir talks to Senior Climate Scientist Zhi-Weng Chua who explains the weather patterns that have informed their announcement and how El Niño may affect Australia's weather in coming months.

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