El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the ...

Large hail and tornado events are more common in the central and southern United States during the spring months if La Niña ...

However, one agricultural meteorologist says as El Niño fades, La Niña is already knocking at the door, and it could bring dryness to the southern U.S. The biggest question is now timing.

Meteorologists say a weak La Nina weather event has arrived but will bring fewer storms than usual. Here's how the Pacific El Nino and La Nina weather phases can influence extreme weather globally.

La Niña is part of a natural climate dynamic, along with the better-known El Niño, called El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). La Niña is ENSO’s cool phase, while El Niño is its warm phase.