Plagued by Drought, California Prepares For El Niño Storms August 27, 2015 By Amy Taxin While drought-plagued California is eager for rain, the forecast of a potentially Godzilla-like El Niño event has communities clearing out...
Guy Carpenter Predicts El Niño Event Will Bring Fewer Tropical Cyclone Landfalls July 17, 2015 El Niño years bring disruptive weather, such as floods and drought, but have an added benefit of leading to fewer...
Global Insured Cat Losses in First Half Are Below Long-Term Average: Munich Re July 14, 2015 Overall losses and insured losses from natural catastrophes during the first half of 2015 were below long-term average values, according...
As Nine Storms Roar Across the Pacific Ocean, Two Forces Are to Blame July 14, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan The Pacific Ocean, named for placidity, is roaring. In the past week, eight tropical systems — and that includes two...
El Niño Forming in Pacific Is Turbocharged by Tropical Cyclones July 7, 2015 By Phoebe Sedgman The El Niño forming across the Pacific has been turbocharged by a series of tropical cyclones that helped to shift...
Pacific Storms Rage While Atlantic Hurricane Season Opens Quietly June 2, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan The Atlantic hurricane season opened with empty seas and low expectations as two storms raged off the western coast of...
El Niño Strengthens as Pacific Temperatures Show Same Trend as ’97-’98 May 26, 2015 By Phoebe Sedgman The El Niño taking hold across the Pacific strengthened, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, citing indexes of sea-surfaces temperatures...
El Niño Likely to Last Through Northern Hemisphere Summer: U.S. Forecaster May 15, 2015 The El Niño climate phenomenon is almost certain to last through the Northern Hemisphere summer, the U.S. weather forecaster said,...
El Nino Emerges; Asia-Pacific Region Faces Months of Disruptive Weather May 13, 2015 By Naveen Thukral In 2009, the El Nino brought the worst drought in four decades to India. It razed wheat fields in Australia...
El Nino May Develop by June; Australia Issues Alert on Tropical Pacific Ocean April 14, 2015 By Phoebe Sedgman An El Nino may develop by June, according to Australia’s state forecaster, which upgraded its outlook for the weather-altering pattern...