Written by Patrick Rodgers
    El Nino is a warm Pacific current that occurs about once every four years. It usually lasts from December through late March. Because it happens around Christmas, it was named El Nino, meaning "the child" or "Christ child." El Nino is only the current itself, but people sometimes refer to it as all the weather it causes. It causes changes in the weather
    of many areas, making it warmer, wetter, dryer, colder, and sometimes it causes storm systems to form.
  • Causes of El Nino.
  • Where El Nino occurs.
  • Safety.
  • The history of El Nino.
  • Damage.
  • About the Author.
  • Ellis Webpage
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    Last revised: April 30, 1998