Andrew Freedman

(CNN) — There is a nearly 70% chance that the building Super El Niño will be the strongest such event on record, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast released Thursday.

Miami tied its all-time high temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, amid a sprawling heat wave that is affecting areas from Texas to the Southeast.

(CNN) — Miami tied its all-time high temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, amid a sprawling heat wave that is affecting areas from Texas to the Southeast. The heat wave, caused by a stalled-out heat dome , continues on Wednesday.

For the second week in a row, Hawaii is in the crosshairs of an intensifying tropical storm. As of 5 a.m.

For the second week in a row, Hawaii is in the crosshairs of an intensifying tropical storm — twice the number it gets in non-El Niño years.

(CNN) — In February 1998, almost a year's worth of rain fell in downtown Los Angeles, as a series of powerful Pacific storms rocked California amid a “Super” El Niño.

The Golden State is likely to be ground zero for this historically intense El Niño in the US.

California could be ground zero for this El Niño in the US, which is forecast to be historically intense.

New research using samples taken from ancient and living coral shows that El Niño events have become more intense in the last 40 years.

(CNN) — The climate pattern that drives El Niño is becoming more erratic as the planet warms, and El Niño itself is becoming more intense, according to a comprehensive new study published Thursday.