el nino

It's so short that the Washington State Department of Ecology has declared a drought emergency.

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As California’s weather swings from droughts to floods, farmers say they’re planning for either extreme but remain confident with the water supply in state reservoirs well above the historical average.

The Panama Canal is responsible for facilitating trade as 40% of worldwide cargo ships use it to move between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

It’s been forecasted for months, and now, in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's monthly outlook, forecasters issued an El Niño Advisory.

A year ago, California’s first snowpack survey revealed snow measuring 160% of average, followed by the driest January, February and March in over 100 years.

With the discovery of an atypical case of BSE, or Mad Cow disease in Florida. South Korea is re-enforcing their inspection on imported beef to avoid any spread.

La Niña appears to be arriving sooner than expected. One weather expert says the cold phase of tropical Pacific Ocean surface temperatures is occurring more rapidly than originally thought. Organizers of a government forecast model announced the model had accumulated an error that was skewing results for global sea surface temperatures...

More forecasters are expecting La Niña to return to the U.S. later this year. The U.S. government last week joined weather forecasters in predicting the weather event will quickly follow the current El Niño weather pattern later this year...

The current El Niño weather pattern could be shifting quickly to the La Niña weather pattern later this year. Meteorologist Kyle Tapley said that weather models “now show full-fledged La Niña conditions by the summer.” Recent weather models show El Niño heading towards a “rapid decay” this spring with the La Niña weather event quickly following...