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The NOAA announced El Nino is officially underway, causing the world to brace for tough weather patterns, including drought and record-high temperatures over the next nine months to a year. A recent study in the journal "Science" warned this year’s El Nino could lead to $3 trillion in global economic loss and decimate ag production.
As nearly 100 fires gobbled up large swaths of land in Alberta, Canada, smoke is quickly settling over Washington state: a reminder that wildfire season has already begun.
The world is coming off a triple dip La Nina, three straight years of El Nino’s cooler cousin, and is on the verge of an El Nino that some scientists predict will be strong.