The Latest Breaking News from El Niño

Remember the butterfly effect? It was a popular summary of chaos theory suggesting a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon could cause a tornado in Texas.

Give me all the hoon juice.

El Niño weather warning has been issued so it's gonna be a hot, dry couple of months.

Heatwave comes as Bureau of Meteorology confirms La Niña that has brought rain to east coast is over

The declaration, made by the Bureau of Meteorology, means there's a 50 per cent chance of the eastern Pacific warm phase developing later this year, for the first time since 2015.

After three years La Niña is officially over, but Australia could be facing rainfall deficits and extreme heat, irrespective of whether El Niño develops.

On Thursday, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) announced an end to the protracted La Nina weather pattern. 

LOS ANGELES — The stubborn La Niña climate pattern that gripped the tropical Pacific for a rare three years in a row is waning, and the odds of an El Niño system forming later this year are getting stronger, according to recent meteorological reports.

If an El Niño develops, an annual temperature record becomes likely soon after.

It was anchovy fishermen in Peru who first noticed and named El Niño events in the tropical Pacific hundreds of years ago. Their catches would fluctuate and the largest declines were seen near Christmas when the ocean was at its warmest – they called it El Niño de Navidad, the…

The Bureau of Meteorology released its latest climate driver update on Tuesday, saying the current La Niña has weakened and is “likely near its end”. Most climate models now point to neutral conditions – neither El Niño nor La Niña – through autumn and a trend towards El Niño in…