El Nino (2015/16) and La Nina (2010/12)

Fiji (El Nino)

Cyclone Winston - 44 deaths and $1.4b in damages

Ethiopia (El Nino)

severe drought - 80% of the harvest failed and affected 22 million people, causing malnutrition, internal & external migration, and vulnerability to disease

Paraguay (El Nino)

Floods caused by intensified summer rains - 100, 000 people evacuated, State of Emergency declared in Asuncion (capital)

Australia (La Nina)

Record rainfall - damaged crops, flooding of mines, and cyclones e.g. cyclone Yasi

Columbia (La Nina)

Heavy rainfall - flash floods and landslides, damage to infrastructure and displacement which led to increased conflict

East Africa (La Nina)

Intense drought - a humanitarian emergency was declared in the Horn of Africa due to food insecurity increasing, food and fuel prices rose and livestock died from lack of water