El Niño (The boy) is mostly likely to continue during the summer of 2015, according to new estimates for the Northern Hemisphere from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center. What can you expect in El Niño conditions? Warmer sea-surfaces that could send floods to South America, potentially impacting farmers and confounding food production, among other things.


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the effects of El Niño phenomena are sure to reach South America before they have impact on the Northern Hemisphere.

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Even though the vaccines could be tested, the results may not be useful to assess their efficacy.

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The West region of Africa is totally free from the Ebola virus.

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The WHO mentioned has no intention of keeping biological material related to the disease.

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The world had never witnessed an ebola epidemic of such magnitude as the one mentioned in the text.

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The word 'robust' (R.15) can be correctly replaced by effective without this bringing any change of meaning to the sentence.

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The word 'changing' (R.13) conveys the idea that threats are constantly evolving.

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A member of a human rights group and a representative of a security firm have similar points of view.

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People who regularly travel by air are not surprised by the security procedures.

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Some airports are concerned with easing distress passengers have to go through during inspection.