I heard hurricane el nino is the biggest hurricane and will take the united states off the map, is that true?

Answer 1

Oh no. When is it coming????

Answer 2

El Nino is a climate oscillation that occurs every 4 to 7 years. It reflects a change in wind patterns and ocean temperatures in the Pacific Ocean between Peru and Indonesia.

The effects of the El Nino Southern Oscillation (its full name) are global, causing increased rainfall in some areas of the world and decreased rainfall in other areas. It has also been tied to increases in hurricane activity.

However, ENSO is not very well understood, as is similar with many climate oscillations that scientists have identified though are probably less well known. Research is still being done on what causes the oscillation and what all the effects are.

Answer 3

El nino is not a hurricane. It refers to a warming of water in the Pacific Ocean.

Answer 4

The hurricane el Nino happened years ago .. like 2003... and we are all still here....

As far as the el Nino Weather System goes:

El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon. The Pacific ocean signatures, El Niño and La Niña (also written in English as El Nino and La Nina) are major temperature fluctuations in surface waters of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. The names, from the Spanish for "the child", refer to the Christ child, because the phenomenon is usually noticed around Christmas time in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America.[1] Their effect on climate in the southern hemisphere is profound. These effects were first described in 1923 by Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker from whom the Walker circulation, an important aspect of the Pacific ENSO phenomenon, takes its name. The atmospheric signature, the Southern Oscillation (SO) reflects the monthly or seasonal fluctuations in the air pressure difference between Tahiti and Darwin. As of September 2006, El Niño is currently active, and has continued into 2007.[2]

ENSO is a set of interacting parts of a single global system of coupled ocean-atmosphere climate fluctuations that come about as a consequence of oceanic and atmospheric circulation. ENSO is the most prominent known source of inter-annual variability in weather and climate around the world (~3 to 8 years), though not all areas are affected. ENSO has signatures in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

In the Pacific, during major warm events El Niño warming extends over much of the tropical Pacific and becomes clearly linked to the SO intensity. While ENSO events are basically in phase between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, ENSO events in the Atlantic Ocean lag behind those in the Pacific by 12 to 18 months. Many of the countries most affected by ENSO events are developing countries within main continents (South America, Africa...), with economies that are largely dependent upon their agricultural and fishery sectors as a major source of food supply, employment, and foreign exchange. New capabilities to predict the onset of ENSO events in the three oceans can have global socio-economic impacts. While ENSO is a global and natural part of the Earth's climate, whether its intensity or frequency may change as a result of global warming is an important concern. Low-frequency variability has been evidenced. Inter-decadal modulation of ENSO might exist.

Answer 5

el nino is a weather phenomenon not a hurricane. it is warming of oceans that in turn effect our weather

Answer 6

el nino isn't a hurricane darling

Answer 7

noo , the biggest hurricane or the most costliest is HURRICANE KATRINA!!!!!

Answer 8

I'm gonna have to agree with j_oli07 on this one.