The risks and what is being done to prepare for a strong El Niño this summer
“When you’ve got wind, that really pushes any fires along but also further enhances, I guess, that dryness…
El Niño: Weather pattern could raise farm input costs but New Zealand agriculture sector seen as resilient
“The discussions are for a strong El Niño, but overall we don’t think it’s going to have massive…
El Niño officially declared in New Zealand
Principal scientist Chris Brandolino said conditions in the Pacific Ocean had now met ESNZ’s threshold, with the ocean…
What we learned after a super El Niño wiped out millions of people in 1877
This disaster took years to unfold. Drought began spreading across the tropics and subtropics in 1875. In the…
‘Formidable’ El Niño set to reshape New Zealand winter weather patterns – The Front Page
El Nino brings warmer-than-normal waters in certain parts of the tropical Pacific Ocean, whereas La Nina brings colder-than-normal…
El Niño set to hit this winter with forecast to be dry in NZ’s north and east; wet in west
A forecast of anomalous rising air (cold colours) and sinking air (warm colours) from one of the global…
Strongest El Niño in a century? What this rare phenomenon could bring
For example, the Western United States, parts of Africa, Europe and India could face a hotter-than-average summer, some…