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How one El Niño brings both drought and floods
Original: How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another? # Environment # ElNino # Climate
An explainer published by The14 examines why a single El Niño event can simultaneously trigger drought in some regions and severe flooding in others. El Niño shifts warm water and rainfall patterns across the tropical Pacific, redistributing storms worldwide: some areas receive far less rain while others get prolonged downpours. The piece highlights how this one climate pattern drives extreme weather extremes on opposite sides of the globe at the same time.
Why now: El Niño conditions are driving contrasting extreme weather events worldwide, prompting interest in how the mechanism works
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