{"id":88045,"date":"2026-11-03T07:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=88045"},"modified":"2026-11-03T07:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:28:19","slug":"chaotic-weather-system-intensifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/chaotic-weather-system-intensifying\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaotic Weather System Intensifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/ed1babb\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4000x2250+0+0\/resize\/599x337!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fb0%2F4c%2F5d5ca517b305d785db00bf1e6bb0%2F78c08f9afd8a412292f969ed4cec0d71\" alt=\"This aerial photo provided by Sky Yazzie shows flooding in Flagstaff, Ariz., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (Sky Yazzie via AP)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0A <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/el-nino-climate-change-flood-drought-damage-7eafacd2bcf04ade9d7f555dfd488178\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">chaotic climate phenomenon<\/a><\/span> is intensifying heavy rains and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sedona-arizona-pagosa-springs-colorado-southwest-flooding-bb4bb89daf78484fb97496dfd88c4a10\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">floods in the Southwest,<\/a><\/span> experts say.\u00a0A natural warming cycle called El Ni\u00f1o is sizzling Pacific Ocean waters, leaking moisture into the air that can fuel passing storms. Such <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/el-nino-climate-change-disasters-worsening-heat-cf2e0bbe4b241c5ad0141ca0f93f44dd\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">El Ni\u00f1o events<\/a><\/span> can happen irregularly every couple of years, but scientists say the latest iteration is particularly extreme \u2014 and it\u2019s just getting started, with impacts expected for several more months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had super El Ni\u00f1os in the past, but this is a super duper El Ni\u00f1o,\u201d said meteorologist Jeff Masters of Yale Climate Connections.\u00a0The phenomenon wasn\u2019t the only cause of the severe storms and it\u2019s difficult to attribute any single event to it. Still, scientists say this supercharged El Ni\u00f1o is making heavy rains more likely and intense across the Southern U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: \u00a0A chaotic climate phenomenon is intensifying heavy rains and floods in the Southwest, experts say.\u00a0A natural warming cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88046,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88045\/revisions\/88046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}