A strong El Niño could augur yet another wet winter for California, as well as drive the global average temperature to a record high, experts say.
It’s official: 2016 was the hottest year on record since scientists began tracking Earth’s temperature more than 100 years ago, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“There have been El Niño years when we had extreme wet conditions as well as dry,” he said. “But if we were to see another wet year, agriculture might face challenges related to flooding damages, increased diseases due to increased moisture, difficulties in farming operations [depending on the timing of rain], among others.”
“What that tends to do is, you have a long fetch of open ocean hitting up against that open coast of California — there tends to be a lot more coastal damage from wave damage; we see cliff erosion,” he said. “We already have an expectation we’ll see that.” Areas farther inland, including parts of Central California, could also face more challenges from El Niño — including the Tulare Lake region, which isscrambling to fortify levees
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