So Long, El Nino; Hello, La Nina

The monstrous El Nino weather pattern dubbed "Godzilla" by NASA (the U.S. space agency) is dead, scientists declared Thursday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the El Nino has ended, 15 months after its birth in March 2015. "There's nothing left,'' NOAA Climate Prediction Center deputy director Mike Halpert said. "Stick a fork in it, it's done.'' The weather pattern, defined by warmer-than-average Pacific Ocean...

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