El Nino News
Researchers See El Niño Link to Tornadoes in Southern U.S.
The waters of the Pacific Ocean may provide some clues on what kind of tornado season will erupt across the southern U.S., according to a paper in the journal Nature Geoscience. The study found that ...
Weak El Niño Forms in Pacific; No Significant Impact Predicted
An El Niño developed in the Pacific Ocean in February, and it's probably too weak to have much global impact, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said. Sea-surface temperatures in critical areas of ...
Latest El Niño 2014 Forecast: Weak and Late
El Niño will probably develop as a weak event in late summer or early fall in the Northern Hemisphere, according to MDA Weather Services, while Commodity Weather Group LLC said it may be delayed for ...
No El Niño Yet But Chances Remain High: U.S. Climate Center
A weather-changing El Niño has yet to develop in the Pacific Ocean, according to government forecasters are who maintaining a "watch" initiated in March. The chances that the warming of the ...
El Niño Doesn’t Reduce Need for Hurricane Prep, Guy Carpenter Warns
Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC warned that the U.S. Atlantic and Caribbean coastal regions should prepare for at least two hurricanes to make landfall during the 2014 season, even with ...
Hurricane Forecasts Good News for Already Stable P/C Insurers: Fitch
Early forecasts for the 2014 hurricane season indicate that moderate El Nino conditions are likely to persist throughout the year, which could inhibit tropical storm formation in the North Atlantic ...
El Nino Threat Spurs Asian Governments Into Action
Asia's governments are scrambling to head off the potential impact of a weather phenomenon that in the past has driven food prices to levels that sparked social unrest. With lessons learned, ...
NOAA Forecasts 3 to 6 Hurricanes for Atlantic Storm Season
Three to six hurricanes will probably form in the Atlantic this year in what is forecast to be a near- to below-normal storm season. Eight to 13 named systems are expected in the six-month season ...