Severe Weather Threat Across the Central U.S.

Severe thunderstorms will be possible over portions of the Central Plains today. An Moderate Risk (level 4 of 5) has been issued for western and central Kansas. The main threats will be damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a few tornadoes. The severe weather threat continues across the Central U.S. over the next few days. Read More >

ENSO and Climate in the News

The following articles have been collected by the staff of Pacific ENSO Applications Climate Center. They originally appeared in local and national newspapers and other news media from Hawaii, the USAPI, and the tropical Pacific islands region at-large. The articles document the effect of ENSO events in many tropical Pacific island locations and shed light on the varied social and economic problems ENSO creates in this region. Continued postings of current and historical articles will be made as time permits.

Links have also been made to other news sources of interest outside the Pacific Region.

Current Articles

July 2012

Widespread Drought Is Likely to Worsen - New York Times 7/19/12
U.S. drought biggest since 1956, climate agency says - CNN 7/16/12
Drought stretches across America, threatens crops - CNN 7/13/12
El Nino may heat up Pacific 2012 hurricane season - Hawaii 24/7 7/11/12

June 2012

Study: Sea rise faster on East Coast than rest of globe - USA Today 6/24/12
Climate models still see El Nino returning: Australia - Reuters 6/19/12
NOAA: Odds increasing of El Nino conditions this winter - KIMATV.com 6/12/12
El Nino Seen Developing In Coming Months As Pacific Ocean Warms - Bloomberg 6/4/12

May 2012

Climate talks stall with nations 'wasting time' - BBC 5/25/12
Source found for missing water in sea-level rise - Nature 5/20/12

April 2012

Climate Change Linked to Waterborne Diseases in Inuit Communities - National Geographic 4/5/12

January 2012

NOAA: 2011 A Year of Climate Extremes in the United States - Commerce.gov 1/19/12
Floods, heat, migration: How extreme weather will transform cities - CNN.com 1/2/12

December 2011

Insights - Climate Change - PBSHawaii.org 12/15/11
Climate Center predicts higher sea levels for Marshalls - Marshall Islands Journal (page 22) 12/23/11

October 2011

Drought to continue in Southern plains, officials say - CNN.com 10/20/11

September 2011

Climate Change - Geophysical Foundations and Ecological Effects (electronic book available for download)

August 2011

Climate change may contribute to civil wars - CNN.com 8/24/11

June 2011

U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook for June 2 to Aug. 2011 - Bloomberg 6/2/11

May 2011

Hurricane ups, downs nudged by La Niña - Orange County Register 5/20/11
La Nina over as SOI returns to neutral territory - Walcha News 5/19/11
U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook for May 19 to Aug. 2011 - Bloomberg 5/19/11
NOAA expects below normal hurricane season for Hawaii - KHON2.com 5/18/11
Quieter Than Normal Hurricane Season Expected - KITV.com 5/18/11
April was seventh warmest on record - NOAA News 5/16/11

February 2011

La Nina helps fuel monster Australian cyclone Yasi - Reuters 2/2/11

January 2011

El Nino-to-La Nina flip in 2010 rapidest ever - Hindu Business Line 1/25/11
Forecaster: Two phenomena responsible for world's bizarre weather - CNN 1/13/11
La Nina Near Peak, Will Linger for Several Months, U.S. Says - Bloomberg 1/6/11
Strong La Nina will persist into March - Reporting Climate Science 1/5/11
La Nina and monsoonal winds flood northern Australia - New Scientist 1/4/11

December 2010

The forecast: wettest summer in 21 years - New Zealand Herald 12/7/10
La Nina brings isles rare cyclone-free year - Honolulu Star Advertiser 12/1/10

November 2010

La Nina Extends Her Hawaiian Stay, Messing With World's Top Surfers - Surfline 11/30/10

October 2010

NOAA: Another Winter of Extremes in Store for U.S. as La Niña Strengthens - NOAA 10/21/10
Typhoon Megi Gaining Strength and Approaching Luzon Island in the Philippines - Pacific Disaster Center 10/14/10
La Nina to bring mixed weather to the Pacific - Australian Broadcasting Corporation 10/13/10
La Nina strengthens: WMO - AFP 10/11/10

September 2010

Will 2010 Be Warmest on Record Globally? - AOL News 9/20/10

August 2010

'Super-Extreme' Weather Is the Worst on Record - Jakarta Globe 8/19/10
In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming - The New York Times 8/14/10
NOAA Still Expects Active Atlantic Hurricane Season; La Niña Develops - NOAA News 8/5/10
La Nina Event May Strengthen, Australian Bureau Says - Bloomberg 8/4/10

July 2010

Climate - National Geographic
'Exceptional' Drought Worsens - KHON Honolulu 7/8/10
PAGASA: Only 13 to 15 cyclones to pass through RP in 2010 - GMA News - Phillipines 7/5/10

June 2010

Adios El Nino, Hello La Nina? - NASA Earth Observatory 6/24/10
La Nina to drop buckets on Australia - The Herald Sun 6/24/10
La Nina In Pacific Could Bring More Active Hurricane Season - WRBL Columbus, GA 6/17/10
First 5 Months of Year Were Planet's Warmest Ever - AolNews.com 6/16/10
La Nina unfolding, say Japanese scientists - Hindu Business Line 6/14/10

May 2010

Huge BP spill means a high-stakes hurricane season - Reuters 5/14/10
Driest "wet season" could mean busy "wildfire season" - KHON Honolulu 5/13/10
Drought worsens in Hawaii - USA Today 5/13/10
El Nino 2009/10 weather pattern ends - Australia weather bureau - Reuters India 5/12/10

April 2010

El Nino Costs US$213 Million Losses To Philippine Agriculture - Malaysian National News Agency 4/6/10
Hurricanes and A New El Niño: Modoki - Ivanhoe Broadcast News 4/1/10

March 2010

El Nino in phase of decay: WMO - The Indian Express 3/31/10
Asian experts tackle El Niño phenomenon - The Phillipine Star 3/7/10
El Nino effect to continue into next month - Fiji Times 3/7/10

February 2010

Study: Warming to bring stronger hurricanes - The Washington Post 2/21/10
Snow, floods, heatwaves as El Nino wallops the Americas - Phillipine Inquirer 2/11/10
Peru's flood-hit tourism Ruined - The Economist 2/11/10
Rice, rubber to feel impact of El Nino dry spell - ABS-CBN News 2/4/10
Vancouver's wet January bucked El Nino trend - The Columbian 2/3/10
State Of Emergency In Southern Peru After Rains - The Wall Street Journal 2/1/10

January 2010

300 evacuated in Los Angeles as rain continues - CNN.com 1/21/10
Drought-busting El Nino has come to town - San Francisco Chronicle 1/21/10
Albay creates task force to address El Nino - Philippine Information Agency 1/19/10
El Nino's back - rainstorms to batter Bay Area - San Francisco Chronicle 1/16/10
Weather blamed on El Nino - The Southland Times 1/9/10
Massive El Nino Surf Shatters Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards Records - Global Surf News 1/8/10
Large parts of the world are quite warm, especially the Pacific's El Nino region, so 2010 still likely to be hottest year on record - ClimateProgress.org 1/8/10
EC to aid drought-stricken Guatemala - UPI.com 1/8/10
San Francisco's famous sea lions relocate to Oregon - KGW.com 1/8/10
Official: 21 Drown in Floods in Kenya - New York Times 1/5/10
More floods on the way, says TMA - The Citizen 1/5/10

December 2009

Cyclones set to hit Queensland within months, experts say - News.com.au 12/28/09
Australian weather bureau: "Central Pacific Ocean surface temperatures are now at their warmest level since the El Nino of 1997-98" - The Energy Collective 12/25/09
NOAA: "El Nino is expected to continue and last at least into the Northern Hemisphere spring 2010." - Climate Progress 12/10/09
Global average temperature may hit record level in 2010 - BBC 12/10/09
NOAA: El Nino changes in Pacific getting stronger - The Associated Press 12/10/09

June 2009

Forecasters say El Nino may be developing - AP 6/18/09
Report: Climate Change Already Affecting U.S. - The Washington Post 6/16/09
Government Study Warns of Climate Change Effects - New York Times 6/16/09
EPA Hosts 26th Pacific Islands Environment Conference in Saipan - US EPA 6/16/09
Rewa Dairy counters El Nino - Fiji Times 6/15/09
El Nino odds said to rise above even - Reuters 6/3/09

May 2009

3-5 Tropical cyclones expected this hurricane season - KHNL 5/20/09
What's next? El Nino Or La Nina? - Taylor Daily Press 5/4/09
Study Adds Fire Into Climate Shift Equation - Daily Nexus 5/4/09
Climate Experts Warn That Short-Term Snapshots Of Temperature Data Can Be Misleading - Science Daily 5/4/09
Pacific Islands 'most vulnerable' to swine flu - New Zealand Herald 5/4/09
NASA study says climate adds fuel to Asian wildfire emissions - Science Centric 5/2/09
Sea Salt Holds Clues to Climate Change - PhysOrg.com 5/1/09
Groundwater on Tropical Pacific Islands - Understanding a Vital Resource - USGS 5/1/09

April 2009

Airmen provide island residents with drinkable water - Air Force Link 4/30/09
Climate refugees in Pacific flee rising sea - The Washington Times 4/19/09
Pacific adaptation to climate change program underway - China View News 4/16/09
The Bleaching of Mentawai Island Corals During the 1997-98 El Nino - CO2 Science 4/15/09

January 2009

Climate Change Outpaces Predictions - Worldwatch Institute 1/14/09
La Nina brings back tropical cyclone risk - TVNZ 1/9/09

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