By Winston Muleba II
El
Niño, according to Care International, is a meteorological trend that causes
abnormally warm water to spread over the Pacific Ocean's surface. Worldwide
weather patterns are influenced and altered by the interaction of winds and
ocean currents. Reduced rainfall and dryness are the main results. El Niño and
La Niña often follow each other, bringing severe weather to the same areas that
El Niño has already severely damaged. Usually, it is connected to rainfall that
is above normal. It may help with water shortages, but in some places it can
also lead to floods. The rainy season is when floods happen, especially in
December and January when heavy precipitation events are most frequent.
Riverine floods and flash floods are both dangerous. In 2009–2010, 238,258 people
were reported to have been impacted by flash floods and water logging brought
on by periods of high precipitation.