Worst El Nino on record set to hit SA pockets hard

El Nino, as most of us know, brings heat and drought to mainly the summer rainfall areas of our country, although it can also cause rainfall disruptions which result in flooding.

In 2015-16, the last major El Nino to hit us, drought ravaged our agricultural industry.

Also in South Africa’s favour is the fact that the last two summer seasons have been part of the La Nina phenomenon – the opposite of El Nino, and where higher-than-average rainfall was recorded in many areas.