‘Never encountered this before’: What an extreme El Nino means for Southeast Asia
- BANGKOK: Surachai Parunram knows something big and foreboding is coming.
- The veteran rice and sugarcane farmer from Thailand’s northeast has experienced unpredictable weather and extreme events disrupting his planting seasons for many years.
- What lies in store over the next year - a so-called “Super El Nino” bringing expected severe heat and drought right across Southeast Asia - has him more worried than ever.
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- BANGKOK: Surachai Parunram knows something big and foreboding is coming.
- The veteran rice and sugarcane farmer from Thailand’s northeast has experienced unpredictable weather and extreme events disrupting his planting seasons for many years.
- What lies in store over the next year - a so-called “Super El Nino” bringing expected severe heat and drought right across Southeast Asia - has him more worried than ever.
Sources: CNA