El Nino News
The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season Could Bring 13 Named Storms
There's a lot of reasons people think 13 is an unlucky number. This year may add another. At least 13 storm systems should reach tropical strength and get a name in 2019, with five becoming ...
Australia Floods Dominated February Catastrophe Events: Aon’s Impact Forecasting
Australia's Northern Queensland experienced widespread flooding from Jan. 26 to Feb. 7, which cost insurers more than A$893 million (US$635 million) with total economic losses of at least A$1.7 ...
El Nino’s Calm Winds Harming U.S. Wind Power Producers
Calm winds are hurting U.S. wind power producers. Unusually still weather in the upper Midwest and Great Plains in late 2018 has already taken a bite out of earnings at NextEra Energy Inc. and ...
An El Niño Seems Likely to Emerge This Spring
There is a 65 percent chance of an El Niño weather pattern emerging during the northern hemisphere spring this year, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. "However, given the timing ...
La Nina Will Likely Be Here Through Entire Winter
Looks like a potentially market-roiling La Nina will last through the new year, threatening to bring a colder, snowier winter to the northern U.S., drought to Latin America's soybean-growing regions ...
La Nina Becomes More Likely as El Nino Odds Fade
The U.S. reduced the odds of a Pacific El Nino, but said the prospect of La Nina ushering in cold weather across the northern U.S. has improved. Extremes in Pacific Ocean temperatures, called La Nina ...
Up to 16 Named Storms Forecast During Atlantic Hurricane Season
Researchers again boosted the number of storms the Atlantic may produce before the hurricane season ends as a missing Pacific El Nino and warm waters present favorable storm conditions. As many as 16 ...
El Nino’s Odds Keep Dropping; Active Atlantic Hurricane Season Now More Likely
Forecasters again lowered the odds of El Nino forming by year's end, a scenario that may mean more Atlantic hurricanes at a time when federal agencies charged with predicting and responding to ...