The Latest Breaking News from La Niña

Freddy, a potent tropical cyclone, is anticipated to continue moving into Madagascar next week

Most of Australia will be sweating in the coming days, with parts of the Pilbara region potentially reaching 50C.

A hot new bombshell enters the villa.

The Bureau of Meteorology is in discussions with international atmospheric agencies to overhaul how La Niña and El Niño are defined, potentially rewriting the record books of global weather history.

If you’ve been visiting the same beach for a few summers, you’ll have seen it change. While beaches look static, they’re actually one of the most dynamic regions on Earth. Winds, waves and tides stir and push sand around constantly. Storms can claw out huge volumes of sand and move…

Researchers say erosion of beaches along south-east coast – including at tourist hotspot Noosa – is significantly affecting local biodiversity

Following a lull over the past few weeks, Pacific storms will once more make it to the West Coast of the United States

It looks like there'll be no Beast from East from a reverse polar vortex this year

A frosty 2023-24 winter season is likely if El Niño ramps up

Every two to seven years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean gets up to 3°C warmer (what we know as an El Niño event) or colder (La Niña) than usual, triggering a cascade of effects felt around the world. This cycle is called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) because every El…

For decades, two climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean have loomed large in predicting weather in California and other parts of the globe. El Niño — a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific — seemed synonymous with wet winters for Southern California, while La Niña was a heralder…