NOAA: La Nina is gone

Weather phenomenon linked to worse droughts, increased hurricanes.

  • Debris from local businesses covers the street in Selma, Ala., on Jan. 13 after a tornado passed through the area. After three nasty years, the La Nina weather phenomenon is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. (STEW MILNE/AP file)
    Debris from local businesses covers the street in Selma, Ala., on Jan. 13 after a tornado passed through the area. After three nasty years, the La Nina weather phenomenon is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. (STEW MILNE/AP file)
    WASHINGTON — After three nasty years, the La Nina weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr...

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