From now on, we need to brace for a rough ride. El Niño is strengthening, forecast to be the strongest ever and expected to crest around December, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Centre, August 24 update.
It is a part of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a climate pattern of natural warming and cooling of oceanic waters in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean. El Niño forms when the region
is a freelance journalist based in Andhra Pradesh.
