FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian braves strong wind and rain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's weather bureau expects a wetter than usual end to the year across the country's north and east, it said on Tuesday, benefiting grain growers after years of tinder-dry conditions and bringing a respite for fire officials.
The Bureau of Meteorology declared a La Niña weather phenomenon had developed in the Pacific Ocean, boosting its status to an "active event" from an "alert".
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