 This La Niña contributed to severe drought in East Africa and to Australia's third-wettest year in its 112-year period of records.La Niñas occurred in 1904, 1908, 1910, 1916, 1924, 1928, 1938, 1949–51, 1954–56, 1964, 1970–72, 1973–76, 1983–85, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1998–2001, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–12, 2016, and 2017–18.La Niña impacts the global climate and disrupts normal weather patterns, which as a result can lead to intense storms in some places and droughts in others.