La Nina is gone. These were the deadly storms during its run
The natural temporary weather phenomenon La Nina is gone and that's good news for a disaster-weary Southeast
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Published - Mar 10, 2023, 06:30 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 22, 2023, 04:58 PM EDT
La Nina seemed to treat Louisiana and the rest of the Southeast United States like a punching bag. Its three-year barrage of body blows has come to an end, but left behind a lot of scars from hurricanes and tornadoes among other weather disasters.
Experts caution that attributing any single event to La Nina or its better-known cousin, El Nino, is difficult as they pronounced Thursday that the La Nina weather phenomenon has come to an end. But they can say generally that tornadoes in the Southeast and hurricanes are more frequent during La Nina.
Here are some examples of the 44 different billion-dollar extremes of nasty weather during La Nina’s reign:
TORNADO OUTBREAKS
