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E. Linacre |
11/'97 |
There appears to be a weak relationship between El Niño's and the occurrence of hailstorms in Australia (1). Hail damage is slightly higher when the SOI is high - the La Niña phase, although there have been El Niño years during which severe hail damage occurred.
Reference
(1) From a newsletter of the Natural Hazards Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney.