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El Nino - What is it?

12th May 2015 Last updated at 08:03

A North Pole with temperatures above average, extreme flooding, drought across the globe and a record amount of storms are all weather phenomenon's that have been strongly attributed to El Nino. But what exactly is El Nino and what causes it?

BBC Weather's Matt Taylor explains more.

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