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Australia suffers third driest Sept.

Xinhua, October 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Australia suffered through its third driest September on record with more dry weather to come in October, Australia's weather bureau warned.

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) on Wednesday issued a mid-cycle update to it's climate outlook due to the rapidly evolving changes in the oceans surrounding Australia which points towards a drier October nationwide.

An emerging positive dipole in the Indian Ocean is reinforcing an already strong El Nino, the BOM said.

El Nino and its associated drought and frost -- which have caused staple food crops to fail -- have already been playing havoc in the pacific nations, affecting upwards of 2 million people from food and water shortages. Endi