What flash droughts and a super El Nino will mean for your summer
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-09-07 15:34 UTC+10:00
Section: Environment / Climate change
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Australia, Natural Disasters, Weather, Environment & Climate
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Australian emergency services are bracing for a fire season supercharged not only by the intensifying “supersized” El Nino, but by the increasing threat of “flash droughts” which act “like hot air driers” blasting moisture out of soil and scrub faster the creeping droughts that have long been part of Australian life.
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