Interactive: Explore El Niño's global impacts - 360
James Goldie
Published on July 12, 2023
El Niño’s origins are in the Pacific Ocean, but its impacts reach around the globe. Learn how it works and how countries are affected with our interactive map.
Countries around the Pacific, and further afield, are preparing for an El Niño in 2023.
But those preparations are different for each country. In some places, El Niño can bring dry and hot weather, prompting preparations for drought and fire. In others, it can bring heavy rainfall, making floods a possibility.
Learn about these impacts by tapping on the round icons in the interactive map below, or tap the square ? icon to see how El Niño develops.
El Niño’s impacts vary by country. Tap the round icons to learn about the impacts, or the square ? icon to see how El Niño forms.
Originally published under Creative Commons by 360info™.
Editors Note: In the story “El Nino returns” sent at: 10/07/2023 06:59.
This is a corrected repeat.