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Rainfall anomalies (mm) for October - December 2006 showing the dry conditions over Indonesia (red) and wet conditions (green) over the Indian Ocean and East Africa as a result of El Nino .. Figure courtesy of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society ( http://iri.columbia.edu/ )

Succession of satellite images - the white areas show high cloud and wet conditions. The large area of heavy rainfall moves eastward from the Indian Ocean (24 December), across Indonesia (30 December) into the West Pacific (5 January).

Images courtesy of the Space Science and Engineering Center , University of Wisconsin . Colours denote land and ocean temperatures.