America's Northwest set for a stormy winter and spring as La Nina builds in the Pacific

The residents of Washington state are used to receiving more than their fair share of rain.

But the Pacific Northwest will have to cope with stormier weather than usual this winter and spring, scientists have warned.

Nasa researchers monitoring La Nina - known in some quarters as 'the diva of drought' - said the Pacific Ocean phenomenon is peaking.

This, they claim, increases the odds of the Pacific Northwest bearing the brunt of stormy conditions and wet weather.

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