As of June 2026, El Niño has officially arrived. This naturally recurring phenomenon is characterized by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific along with changes to atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns. Its regional effects range from desert floods to delayed monsoons to shifts in where tropical cyclones are more likely to form. NOAA’s
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MIAMI– MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Genevieve raged in the Pacific Ocean far from land Tuesday morning, just as weakened Tropical Storm Fausto brought big waves to Hawaii. Genevieve is a Category 4 hurricane, after briefly reaching Category 5 status early Monday, the first in the Eastern Pacific region in two years, the National Hurricane Center
MIAMI– Genevieve strengthened into a major hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and is expected to intensify well southwest of Mexico, but will remain offshore on a track roughly parallel to the coast. Genevieve had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 kph), making it a Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane
we are not even One month into “super” Niño, the Pacific’s natural weather pattern characterized by warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures, and fisheries around the world are already turbulent. In Peru, government officials have effectively canceled the anchovy fishing season, one of the country’s most important exports and a leading source of fish oil and animal
