Does El Niño affect the rest of the world?
It sure does. The weakening of trade winds that causes the water s temperature in the Pacific Ocean to rise knocks many of Earth s climates out of whack! Warm water in the Pacific ocean moves the jet stream (fast winds, 8-10 miles high) so that storms that used to hit Alaska now reach California. Scientists believe El Niño caused flooding in Texas during the winter of 1991-1992 and very warm temperatures in the southeast part of the U.S. that same winter. It may have caused droughts which made some bird species become extinct.
