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Exceptionally high tides flooded streets and a popular bike path in southern Marin County on Monday, forcing road closures, stranding bicyclists and offering a preview of more serious flooding in the months ahead. Kenny Choi reports.
The town has a long history of damaging floods, and while officials say they have taken steps to reduce the risk, business owners remain concerned about what could happen if heavy rains send water rushing through the downtown area.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has declared a local emergency to help speed up the city's preparedness for El Niño storm conditions this winter.
The city's residents were also urged to prepare for a severe winter. Da Lin reports.
Mayor Daniel Lurie issued an emergency declaration to help speed up the city's El Niño storm preparations.
Drivers who rely on Highway 37 in the North Bay should expect delays, as Caltrans is closing a stretch of the roadway the entire weekend to make El Niño-related winter storm preparations.
With a record El Niño likely to bring strong winter storms, Highway 37 in Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties will undergo multiple closures for emergency storm preparation, Caltrans announced.
The Pacific has broken a record for nasty, long-lasting hurricanes east of the international date line, turbocharged by the supersized El Niño, scientists say.
There are growing concerns that El Niño-powered waves will cause significant erosion to Pacifica's coastline. Kevin Ko reports.
With the Bay Area facing the possibility of a destructive Super El Niño this winter, lessons from a previous El Niño may help residents prepare for what might be coming.
Anne Makovec reports.
Researchers project nearly half a million more heat-related deaths from June 2026 to February 2027 compared with a typical year, as a result of El Niño.
The order speeds up flood preparations and directs agencies to stage equipment and supplies before winter storms arrive.
When scientists talk about El Niño, it's in terms of probabilities.
Will a strong El Niño lead to record rainfall in California this upcoming winter? Zoe Mintz explores the probabilities.
The swell moving up the coast is a planetary-scale process, meaning it's thousands of miles wide, known as a Kelvin wave, and is a direct impact of El Niño.
There is growing evidence that climate change is already making El Niño stronger, new research is showing. Anne Makovec reports
The effects of warmer ocean water due to El Niño are being seen daily by local fishermen, and the consequences are being closely monitored.
Fishermen and scientists are closely monitoring changes in ocean conditions and marine life as El Niño develops. Kenny Choi reports.
Paciifica's city manager discusses the challenges of being a coastal city during a time of climate change and worsening beach erosion. Ryan Yamamoto reports.
A beach replenishment project in Half Moon Bay is bringing sand, beachgoers and changing surf conditions back to a stretch of coastline that has been battered by decades of erosion.
Amid concerns of coastal erosion from a Super El Niño this winter, a project to restore a disappearing beach in Half Moon Bay is bringing sand and beachgoers back. Kenny Choi reports on why the project is not a permanent solution.
It's the cool water from the California Current and upwelling that usually allows the dense coastal fog to form. The ocean water is cooler than the air above it, and lowers the air temperature down to the dew point, which creates fog.
Since the start of May, there have been 10 beach hazard statements issued in the Bay Area, the most on record for this time of year, along with record high tides for summertime.
El Niño conditions are 82% likely to return as soon as next month, with a 96% chance of it lasting through at least February, and there are increasing chances that the El Niño event will be moderate to very strong, but what does that mean?
