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By the end of the winter, public attention is likely to focus on especially dry conditions across much of the southeast, Halpert suggested, because "La Nina is kind of a drought creator."

La Nina "is likely to contribute to persisting or developing drought across much of the southern US this winter, " said Mike Halpert, deputy director of the Climate Prediction Center.