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La Niña to Blame

A man looks for live fish along the Salado River on January 22, 2023.
A man looks for live fish along the Salado River on January 22, 2023. Photo: Natacha Pisarenko (AP)

The dire weather conditions in Argentina are made worse by a third La Niña in a row. La Niñas are natural weather phenomena that have a variety of impacts on the tropical west coast of South America, including limiting rainfall to Argentina’s most crucial agricultural areas.