A lighting storm over Sagami Bay, Japan. El Niño events make Pacific Ocean storms both likelier and greater in intensity.
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It's official: El Niño is here, and it's shaping up to be among the strongest ever recorded.
The natural climate cycle, which supercharges temperatures and shifts weather patterns across the planet, officially took hold over the past month, according to a June 11 update by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center.
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