Across the tropical Pacific, an exceptionally strong El Niño is taking hold — one of those irregular rhythms of the ocean that reminds us how deeply the sea governs life on land. Its reach will extend across continents in the months ahead, reshaping rainfall, temperature, and storm patterns in ways that have always humbled human planning. Yet the oldest lesson of climate holds here too: the earth does not distribute its disruptions evenly, and what arrives as flood for one community may arrive as drought for another.
Powerful El Niño: What a 'Super' Climate Pattern Means for Your Weather
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