World Map Shows Where El Niño Will Hit Hard

By Kate Plummer – Yahoo

El Niño conditions are expected to return and influence global temperatures and rainfall patterns, including in the United States, in the coming months, according to the United Nations.

The weather phenomenon, which is part of a recurring global weather cycle, has an 80 percent chance of forming between June and August this year and a 90 percent chance to do so before November, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the UN’s leading climate body, said on Tuesday.