All posts tagged "el Niño"

  • A walker takes advantage of the clearing skies to stroll past rain puddles at Lake Balboa Park in Lake Balboa, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. The tail-end of a series of several El Nino-driven storms brought scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms to Southern California Thursday along with pounding surf and serious winds. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)
    Where did El Nino go? Heat, dry spell stoke drought worry

    SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Where did El Nino go? Ten days with record heat and no rain have Californians worrying about the drought again. The strong El Nino had brought the state near-normal rain and snow this...

    • Posted February 12, 2016
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  • A walker takes advantage of the clearing skies to stroll past rain puddles at Lake Balboa Park in Lake Balboa, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. The tail-end of a series of several El Nino-driven storms brought scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms to Southern California Thursday along with pounding surf and serious winds. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)
    Official: El Nino could signal easing of California drought

    FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — In the strongest indication yet that the California drought could be easing, officials said strict water conservation orders could be dramatically scaled back or even ended if El Nino storms keep pummeling the...

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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  • Brennan Lee Harvard-Westlake 11th grade
    Preparing for Godzilla El Niño

    It is no secret that California is facing one of the strongest El Niño’s ever recorded. The “Godzilla” El Niño is predicted to be stronger than the one that struck California in 1997-1998. El Niño’s occur when...

    • Posted January 25, 2016
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  • In this photo provided by the California Department of Transportation, a Caltrans worker probes for a drain in standing water that closed down most lanes of both sides of Interstate 5, the Golden State Freeway, in the Sun Valley area of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. El Nino storms left several inches of rain and snow throughout California, with more precipitation expected later in the week.(Jeremy Theisgen/California Department of Transportation via AP)
    Another El Nino storm lashes California coast, streets flood

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another powerful El Nino-driven storm lashed coastal areas of California on Thursday, stirring waves that flooded some low-lying streets and crept toward ocean-front homes in Malibu. The storm created waves that forecasters said...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • Orange County Fire Authority firefighters work to pump out flood waters from a home in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. El Nino storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mudslides and flash floods in regions stripped bare by wildfires. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
    Strongest El Nino storm so far this winter hits California

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The hillside above the California home of Wayne Socha had held firm against thunderstorms over the past three decades. But after a wildfire two years ago stripped away vegetation and loosened soil, he...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • Portions of the 101 freeway in Ventura flood due to rain on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, in Ventura, Calif. Persistent wet conditions could put some Los Angeles County communities at risk of flash flooding along with mud and debris flows, especially in wildfire burn areas. El Nino storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mudslides and flash floods in regions stripped bare by wildfires. (Juan Carlo/Ventura County Star via AP)
    Hola El Nino! Weeks of storms hit drought-parched California

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Californians were warned against abandoning conservation efforts Tuesday as several weeks of storms spawned by El Nino began hitting the West Coast. Heavy rain and snow are welcome after four years of drought...

    • Posted January 5, 2016
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  • Residents Trina Gonzalez, left, and Todd Peterson stockpile sandbags to protect their homes from the rain in Glendora, Calif., Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. After all the talk, El Nino storms have finally lined up over the Pacific and started soaking drought-parched California with rain expected to last for most of the next two weeks, forecasters said Monday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    California braces for series of El Nino storms

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After all the talk, El Niño storms have finally lined up over the Pacific and started soaking drought-parched California with rain expected to last for most of the next two weeks, forecasters said...

    • Posted January 5, 2016
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