The Latest Breaking News from La Nina

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.

The 2023-24 El Nino has peaked as one of the five strongest on record and will continue to impact global climate in the coming months despite a weakening trend, the World Meteorological Organisation said.

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.

Fewer platypuses were spotted during the recent survey than in 2020.