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El Niño is starting to lose strength after fueling a hot, stormy year, but it’s still powerful − an atmospheric scientist explains what’s ahead for 2024

  • Written by Paul Roundy, Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageIn California, El Niño helped fuel a wet 2023 and early 2024.Mario Tama/Getty Images

Wild weather has been roiling North America for the past few months, thanks in part to a strong El Niño that sent temperatures surging in 2023. The climate phenomenon fed atmospheric rivers drenching the West Coast and contributed to summer’s...

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