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Don’t Blame El Nino: U.S. Weather Impact Won’t Show Up for Weeks
El Nino did it. What, you ask? Well, it depends on whom you talk to, because right now everything from the price of natural gas to the temperature in Central Park is being blamed on the Pacific Ocean phenomenon. The thing is, it doesn’t really start affecting U.S. […]
Panama Canal suspends plan to restrict passage of larger ships due to El Nino
August 29, 2015 PANAMA CITY, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced Friday it had canceled plans to restrict the passage of ships above a certain size through the canal. In early August, the authority announced that restriction would start on Sept. 8 due to […]
S.J. County Office of Emergency Services readies for El Niño flooding
By Wes Bowers Record Staff Writer August 28, 2015 STOCKTON — It may have been 100 degrees in and around Stockton on Friday, and talk likely focused on heat and drought as people gathered around the water cooler at work or in community gathering spots. But for the San […]
Tijuana Prepares For ‘Godzilla’ El Niño
Tijuana is getting ready for the so-called “Godzilla” El Niño expected this winter. TIJUANA, August 27, 2015 By Jean Guerrero By Katie Schoolov Leticia Barajas, a resident of Mineral de Santa Fe, stands near her home with her son, Aug. 27, 2015. Thousands of houses in Tijuana have […]
Drought-Plagued California Readies for El Nino Storms
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Aug 26, 2015 By AMY TAXIN Associated Press While drought-plagued California is eager for rain, the forecast of a potentially Godzilla-like El Nino event has communities clearing out debris basins, urging residents to stock up on emergency supplies and even talking about how a […]
Odds Keep Rising for a Big El Niño in 2015
El Niño has arrived, it’s getting stronger, and it’s not about to go away soon. And already there are rumblings that this could be a big one. El Niño in Australia means warmer temperatures, and sometimes, but not always, drier conditions. In 2014, some climatologists thought a big […]
