Forecasters say El Niño, a climate pattern known for warmer ocean temperatures and increased rain and snow, is likely here to stay until early 2024. Latest U.S.

In the past, a strong El Nino has led to record global warmth, like in 2016 and 1998. Scientists earlier this year had been saying next year is more likely to set a record heat, especially because ...

El Niño is officially over, federal forecasters announced, but we're not quite in a La Niña yet. We're in the middling "ENSO-neutral" phase.

NOAA forecasters released their predictions on how many tropical storms and hurricanes will likely form during the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.

1983: Huntington Beach Pier and its End Cafe were destroyed in wet season bolstered by El Niño. (H. Loren Au Jr. /Orange County Register) Since 1951, there have been 26 El Niño events.

El Niño is a natural climate pattern in which surface sea water temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are warmer than average. It occurs, on average, every 2-7 years.

The upcoming hurricane season may be during an El Nino pattern, which tends to favor stronger activity in the Pacific and weaker activity in the Atlantic. Skip to content NOWCAST News 9 Daybreak ...

This year's El Nino could lead to global economic losses of $3 trillion, according to a study published last month in the journal Science, shrinking GDP as extreme weather decimates agricultural ...

Historically, La Niñas have produced busy tropical seasons, while the opposite is known to be true during El Niños - when conditions are typically hostile for cyclones in the Atlantic basin.