Will El Niño bring more rain this year? Either way, be prepared

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“The signal is an El Nino year. [That] means in general, above average [rainfall], so you do all that normal winter preparation stuff. Because even without an El Niño, even if we only get that one storm this year that comes through, if it has just the right conditions with it, that could be a really impactful thing,” says The National Weather Service’s John Dumas.

“The signal is an El Nino year. [That] means in general, above average [rainfall], so you do all that normal winter preparation stuff. Because even without an El Niño, even if we only get that one storm this year that comes through, if it has just the right conditions with it, that could be a really impactful thing,” says The National Weather Service’s John Dumas. Photo by Shutterstock.

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Credits

Host:

Steve Chiotakis

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Zoie Matthew, Giuliana Mayo