Archive for June 29, 2008

La Niña delivers rain of the century

Sunday, June 29, 2008
Issue 389, Page 3
Word count: 430
Published in: Macau Daily Times

By Poyi (Natalie) Leung

The most rain ever recorded in a single month has fallen from the sky in the last four weeks with 1,190mm recorded as at 5pm in Macau yesterday.

According to the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) duty forecaster, the “unusual” amount of rain that broke the record of 892.9mm calculated in June between 1901 and 2007 may be attributed to a La Niña effect. … continue reading this entry.