Owners inevitably paint the exteriors in a cheerful riot of bright red, green, orange, blue and yellow and line the un-air-conditioned cabs with teakwood to keep them cooler in India's searing heat.

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The pattern is common when La Nina -- the cooler than normal waters in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific -- influences upper air patterns across the southern United States.

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Even in midsummer, it feels like winter at Jungfraujoch: temperatures are cooler and the air thinner than in the valley below, and people sled, ski and zip-line across the snow.

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