FILE PHOTO: A dirt road runs through a river system and sand dunes in outback Queensland near the town of Mount Isa in Australia, February 12, 2017. Picture taken February 12, 2017.  REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
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Bureau of Meteorology declares El Nino for Australia

On Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology declared an El Nino event for the country, a weather pattern that typically brings hotter, drier conditions.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian Bureau of Meteorology on Tuesday declared an El Nino event for the country, a weather pattern that typically brings hotter, drier conditions.

(Reporting by Alasdair Pal in Sydney)

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