El Niño Has Formed in the Pacific. Drought and Heat Could Follow.
A new El Niño has developed in the tropical Pacific, raising questions about how intense the pattern will be and where heat and drought will hit hardest.
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A new El Niño has developed in the tropical Pacific, raising questions about how intense the pattern will be and where heat and drought will hit hardest.
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