Philippines raises the alert for La Nina, weather phenomenon to start in August and last until next year

MANILA (Bernama-Xinhua): The Philippines' state weather bureau has raised the alert for La Nina, suggesting that 70 per cent of the weather phenomenon will start in August and likely persist until the first quarter of next year.

In an advisory Friday, the bureau said its climate monitoring shows "further cooling of the sea surface temperature across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific."