Local officials detail their preparations for potentially historic El Niño winter storms in Los Angeles.

This year, federal forecasters say the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on record. Here's what you need to know.

For the past two summers, something quietly worked in South Africa's favour. Here's what it was, and why it's now over.

In southern Africa, the El Niño – caused by warmer sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean which affect air pressure and wind directions – usually brings below-average summer rainfall and ...

As a predicted El Niño gains strength in the Pacific, meteorologists are trying to figure how it could impact mountains in the West.

El Niño is breaking records every week. Forecasting what the climate pattern means for winter is useful, but it’s important ...

Officials from across many different departments of the city of Los Angeles gathered for a press conference Monday morning to ...

El Niño and La Niña are two opposite phases of a natural climate cycle called the El Niño Southern Oscillation, which takes ...

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has an El Niño Advisory in effect and puts the odds of a very strong event this fall and ...

Many authoritative sources predict that the coming El Niño year will be the most powerful since the winter of 1982-83. That’s ...

During El Niño years, weather patterns shift, which can do everything from shifting flight trajectories to closing airports ...

Curious how the forthcoming El Niño will affect winter or hurricane season? Here are answers to your FAQs.