By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG, Jan 29 (Reuters) - A "perfect storm" of climate change and cyclical La Niña weather patterns fuelled catastrophic flooding across southern Africa over the past month, ...

There is a 60% chance that the current La Niña conditions, which bring a cascade of global weather impacts, will end between February and April, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction ...

A new index will help scientists and forecasters better identify El Niño and La Niña events in the future as the climate ...

“Exceptionally heavy” rainfall that led to deadly flooding across southern Africa in recent weeks was made more intense by a combination of climate change and La Niña. This is according to a rapid ...

Scientists say the new index for El Niño and La Niña is a better indicator of ocean temperature extremes and atmospheric circulation patterns that influence weather in California and the U.S.

NOAA’s latest climate update about one of the biggest drivers for this spring and summer is here.

The intensity of heavy downpours has increased by 40% since pre-industrial times, with some areas receiving more than a ...

A "perfect storm" of climate change and cyclical La Niña weather patterns have been fuelling the catastrophic flooding sweeping southern Africa for the past month, according to climate scientists.

Feb 12 (Reuters) - There is a 60% chance of a shift in the climate phenomenon known as La Niña towards El Nino in ...

The large-scale Pacific Ocean climate patterns that help steer weather patterns around the globe are shifting yet again.

Developed in response to a warming world, NOAA’s revised scale more precisely identifies which episodes are likely to have the biggest impacts.

The official NOAA CPC ENSO probabilities show a 75% chance of a transition to a neutral phase through late spring. When we’re in the neutral phase, it means the Pacific Ocean isn’t strongly warmer or ...