A significant drop in rainfall over the last four months led state officials to issue a drought watch last week.
The southern region of Western Australia had a 20% decline in rainfall since the 1960s, said Abram.
It happened because of record high temperatures and a 20% drop in rainfall over the previous 12 years.
In arid areas, increases in rainfall precede increases in vegetation cover.
RSV-A positivity peaked in October 2009 concurrently with the increase in rainfall in Tacloban City.
The dripwater varies in response to seasonal changes in rainfall.
In essence, after a peak in rainfall, during a dry period, the number of BU cases increases.
The decrease in rainfall in central and northern Florida has worsened the situation.
For a given zone, one standard deviation increase in rainfall resulted in 0.242 standard deviation increase in moderate stunting.
In Goni, the simulation produced several peaks in the vector population, following each peak in rainfall.
Increases in rainfall late in the breeding season also correlate (albeit weakly) with later births.
