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The 1982–1983 El Niño event was one of the strongest El Niño events since records were kept. It led to droughts in Indonesia and Australia , widespread flooding across the southern United States , lack of snow in the northern United States, and an anomalously warm winter across much of the mid-latitude regions of North America and Eurasia ...
Following the El Nino event in 1997 – 1998, the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory attributes the first large-scale coral bleaching event to the warming waters. [169] Most critically, global mass bleaching events were recorded in 1997-98 and 2015–16, when around 75-99% losses of live coral were registered across the world.
The 1982–1983 "mega-El Niño" devastated seabird populations on Kiritimati. In some species, mortality rose to 90% and breeding success dropped to zero during that time. [1] In general, El Niño conditions will cause seabird populations to drop, taking several years to recover at the present density of predators.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said this El Nino was already 'strong and mature' and the biggest in more than 15 years. El Niño strengthening, will be among biggest on record - WMO ...
January 2017 – Flooding at the beginning of the year affected mostly Northern California, which saw its wettest winter in almost a century, breaking the record set in 1982–1983 El Nino event. [36] The damage to California roads and highways was estimated at more than $1.05 billion.
As the US gears up for a winter heavily influenced by the first strong El Niño in years, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have released maps that offer insight ...
Part of the 1982–83 North American winter and tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1983 A blizzard in February 1983, nicknamed the " Megalopolitan Blizzard ", impacted the Mid-Atlantic , Northeast , and New England regions of the United States.
El Niño patterns generally affect winters more than summers in the U.S. According to NOAA, a typical El Niño winter would produce a warmer, dryer winter season for most states in the mid ...