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After three consecutive winters of La Niña, this year's winter forecast is looking a little different. Utahns can expect an El Niño winter, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Fires in Australia are still raging, and Utah should expect similar extremes in weather, according to local leaders and experts.

Floodwaters inundate homes after Florence struck the Carolinas, Monday, Sept. 17, in Conway, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017 file photo, a man walks his dog across the snow-covered beach while a cargo ship sits in the steaming fog of Lake Ontario in Toronto. According to a report released on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, U.S. and British scientists calculate that 2017 wasn’t the hottest year on record, but close and unusually warm for no El Nino cooking the books. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology researcher Jen Davidson places a tray of enhanced coral onto a reef during a practice run for future transplants in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay off the island of Oahu. (Associated Press)