The Latest Breaking News from La Nina

Learn about the impacts of La Nina weather pattern on global weather patterns and how to prepare for potential risks.

El Nino conditions are beginning to shift across Australia to a more neutral weather system that may change to a La Nina later this year.

GENEVA: The United Nations on Tuesday warned the world to prepare for the effects of El Nino, saying the weather phenomenon that triggers higher global temperatures is set to persist throughout 2023.

Countries are racing to prepare for extreme weather later this year as the world tips into an El Nino — a natural climate phenomenon that fuels tropical cyclones in the Pacific and boosts rainfall and flood risk in parts of the Americas and elsewhere.

A US government forecaster on Thursday confirmed that El Nino conditions are now being seen, with farmers from Australia to India bracing for the possible hit to crops from the dry, hot conditions it could bring.

A new study suggests cloud cover created by the Black Summer bushfires has influenced several years of La Nina flooding events on Australia's east coast.

The world's oceans are suddenly considerably hotter than just a month or two ago and well above record levels

Heavy rain brought flash flooding to Australia's largest city Sydney on Sunday, prompting rescues and residents to sandbag houses, as authorities warned of bad weather ahead. Emergency authorities received 50 calls for assistance, mostly for sandbagging of properties and help plugging leaking roofs, from residents in Sydney, the capital of…

The declaration of an El Nino watch this early in the year carries some uncertainty. But it’s still got people thinking about dry conditions.