The 1997-1998 El Nino was the strongest of the 20th century and raised temperatures all over the world. It led to a deadly heat wave in the United States, raging forest fires in Australia, a long drought in Indonesia, and an exceptionally warm winter even in distant Taiwan.
一九九七至九八是二十世紀最強烈火辣的聖嬰年，造成全球性高溫，美國遭熱浪侵襲、澳洲森林大火無情延燒、印尼長期缺水，距離聖嬰遙遠的台灣也出現大衣派不上用場的暖冬。