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Motorbike riders are seen through heat haze as temperatures hit a record 45.4 degrees Celsius (113.7 Fahrenheit) in Bangkok, Thailand, April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Japan's weather bureau said on Friday that conditions were nearing for the El Nino phenomenon to form in the equatorial region of the Pacific, and that there was an 80% chance that it would be seen by the northern hemisphere summer.
El Nino is a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific. (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
