The El Niño-Southern Oscillation is associated with the following EXCEPT
A) cooler than normal ocean along the west coast of South America
B) drought in South Africa, southern India, Australia, and the Philippines.
C) heavy precipitation in the southwest United States, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, and Peru
D) higher pressure than normal over the western Pacific and lower pressure over the eastern Pacific.
A
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