El Niño Winter Could Bring Heavy Rain and Flooding

El Niño rain map shows states facing wetter-than-normal winter

"El Niño was the most important driver in the forecast for December-January-February," a federal meteorologist told Newsweek.

Waves, flooding threaten Southern California

LOS ANGELES — To begin to understand how a "super" El Niño winter could punish the Southern California coast, the historic wooden boardwalk on the Long Beach Peninsula may just offer a glimpse at what's to come.

El Niño increases chances of winter storms and floods

California’s water year will be shaped by the arrival of El Niño, a climate pattern that raises the likelihood of intense precipitation and flooding in the coming months. Experts call the upcoming system a super El Niño. A National Weather Service report in August said there’s a 69% chance its strength would exceed that of […]

El Niño winter could bring heavy rain and flooding

Meteorologists are predicting a wet El Niño winter this year, with above-normal ocean temperatures potentially bringing heavy rain and flooding. “We are in a very strong El Niño index right now where we are seeing above-normal temperatures along the coast,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Anamaria Navarrete. Robert Lund, a statistical climatologist at UC Santa […]