Proofreading: Strange Weather Phenomena
Print the following paragraph. Proofread the paragraph. Use the space between the lines to correct any errors.

Strange Weather Phenomena
Two climate conditions that appear every five to seven years in the tropical Pacific, El Nino and La Nina, are opposites of each other. In Spanish, the name El Nino means "The Little Boy" or the "Christ Child." Since this weather phenomenon appears near Christmas. The name El Nina means "The Little Girl." El Nino is known as the "warm event" because this weather phenomenon occurred when a vast movement of warm surface water the size of Europe appeared in the Pacific Ocean. La Nina is known as the "cold event" because this phenomenon occurs when a vast movement of cold surface water appears in the Pacific Ocean. During El Nino the warmer than usual surface water produces extra heat which increases the formation of clouds and produces more storms. In some areas, more tornadoes. The tropical storm belt with the trade winds shifts. During La Nina; however, the colder water strengthens the trade winds, produces more variations in the direction of the trade winds. The results are considerable; month to month variations in rainfall, snowfall, tempratures, and stormyness. El Nino and La Nina affect weather patterns differently in different parts of the country. During the winter, the warm waters of El Nino cause droughts in areas that are usually rainy destruction of crops, dense dust storms, and raging forest fires result. Dry areas experience unusually heavy rains, which then triggered floods and landslides. Areas of the country, such as the Northeast and the Midwest had warmer winters than usual. The South and the West have harsher winters. During La Nina, on the other hand, such weather reversels are not characteristic instead, exceptionally heavy rainfall occurs in the areas that were usually rainy. Areas that are dry become very dry. The Northeast Northwest and the Midwest experience increased rainfall and record snow packs. The Southwest and the South are drier and milder than normal. El Nino and La Nina differ in other ways as well. Contrary to a common belief that La Nina always follows El Nino, the warm event occurs more frequentally than the cold event. Since 1970, El Nino has occurred twice as frequently as La Nina. Though El Nino and La Nina are natural phenomena in our climate system they differ sufficiently, which results in extensive media coverage and predictions of their effects on our weather and our lives.