A 'Super' El Niño is Coming: Here is What You Need to Know

Experts say a powerful weather pattern is heading our way, and it could bring extreme heat and major changes to our climate for the next six months.

A powerful weather pattern called El Niño is on the way, and experts say it is going to be a big one. It is likely to stick around for at least six months. This event is expected to cause some serious weather trouble across the globe. So, what is El Niño? It is basically when the water in parts of the Pacific Ocean gets much warmer than usual. Because the ocean is so big, this heat changes the weather in places far away. It can lead to more rain in some spots and terrible dry spells in others. It also makes the air around the planet get warmer. Scientists are worried about this specific El…