InsideClimate News: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday said again that El Nio, a warming of temperatures in the Pacific, is 80 percent likely to strike this winter--though how intense it could get is still unclear.
That uncertainty leaves a critical question unanswered: Could El Nio bring to America the same heavy rainfall this year that it has in the past?
Nowhere is the need for an answer more acute than in California, where extreme drought covers 80 percent of the state and water...