No La Nina This Summer, NOAA Says

July 14, 2007 By RASHA MADKOUR, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted that La Nina - a cooling of Pacific Ocean waters that generally brings a more active Atlantic hurricane season - will be absent for the next two months.

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