Southeast Asia could see higher-than-normal rainfall in the coming months, threatening further disruptions to agriculture, tourism, and industrial output in a region already hit by a series of storms this year.
Weather forecasters predict wetter conditions from the Philippines to Vietnam through November, in large part because of the emerging La Niña phenomenon, which moves warm water toward the western Pacific Ocean and brings more rainfall over the region.
More rain could hamper recovery efforts in Vietnam, which in September was battered by Typhoon Yagi, the worst storm to hit the country in decades. The manufacturing powe