Latest NASA News Reveals ‘Godzilla El Nino’ Expected As World Braces For More Floods, Storms
The United States will have to brace itself, as latest news from NASA indicates that this year's El Nino "shows no signs of waning."
The space agency reported that the weather phenomenon is expected to make a major impact in the early part of 2016, according to CBS News.
Based on NASA's latest satellite imagery, the current El Nino may even surpass the biggest one ever recorded in the winter of 1997 - 98.
The satellite images revealed similar and unusually high surface heights along the equator of the Pacific Ocean, which are not only indications of warmer water, but "also the signature of a big and powerful El Nino."
"The warmer ocean waters pump heat and moisture high into the atmosphere, altering the jet stream and affecting storm tracks all over the world," the CBS report said.
A comparison made of two satellite images showed that 1997's El Nino gathered strength in November, while this year's weather pattern will be affecting a larger swath of the high seas in December.
"This could mean we have not yet seen the peak of this El Nino," explained Josh Willis, project scientist for the Jason satellite missions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
In its latest news update posted online, NASA described this year's weather phenomenon as the "Godzilla El Nino," as it has dumped more snow and rainfall in the West Coast.
Moreover, a strong El Nino is anticipated "to bring more precipitation across most of the south and up the East Coast," CBS News said.
This year's El Nino has in fact caused the biggest floods ever experienced in the past 50 years in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, reported BBC.
The floods in those countries have left more than 150,000 people homeless, with more than 100,000 of them coming from the Paraguayan capital.
In the United States, 13 people from the Missouri died, as rivers overflowed and tornadoes and storms battered the region.
El Nino has also severely affected the U.K., causing massive flooding and forcing thousands of residents to leave their homes.
Citizens around the globe will have to keep themselves posted on the latest NASA news in order to learn how to adapt and protect themselves against the El Nino phenomenon.