El Nino

El Nino’s wrath: Brace yourself for impact

El Nino, not quake, to hit Colombian coffee harvest, sector leader says

Despite widespread damage wreaked by a 7.4-magnitude quake, coffee growers view the severe weather of an El Nino year as the bigger threat.

British forecaster predicts biggest, strongest El Nino in living memory

The El Nino weather pattern is seen bringing severe droughts in places like Honduras in South America.

Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fuelled drought

From 36 ships currently, the number will be lowered to 34, falling further to 32 from Sept 15.

‘It is tough’: Indonesia battles wildfires, bracing itself for worse to come

The fires have created thick smog that is blanketing areas like Palangkaraya, capital of Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan in Borneo.

‘Worst’ ever El Nino to bring heavy rains, drought to Sri Lanka

Dark clouds loom over the sky in Colombo on Aug 8, 2026.

Make it rain: Indonesia chases clouds to stem El Nino fires

National Disaster Management Agency personnel loading sodium chloride into an aircraft before a cloud seeding mission at Tjilik Riwut Airport in Palangkaraya, central Kalimantan.

Hawaii’s recovery efforts begin as Hurricane Lala downgraded, moves west

Hurricane Lala was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm early on Aug 16.

Hurricane poised to hit Hawaii as El Nino stirs Pacific

Residents filling their cars with gas on Aug 14 in preparation for the arrival of Tropical Storm Lala to the big island of Hawaii.

Mudslide in eastern China kills one, more heavy rain expected

Rescue workers evacuate stranded villagers by lifeboat at a flooded village, following heavy rainfall brought by the remnants of Typhoon Dolphin, in Deqing county, Huzhou, on Aug 14.

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