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El Niño heat expected to last through May

The coming weeks will bring higher temperatures, thanks to El Niño, before the rainy season sets in.

El Niño-related flooding causes snake invasion, beach closures in Argentina

Extreme flooding caused by El Niño washed poisonous snakes downriver in northern Argentina, forcing authorities to close beaches to summer holidaymakers.

Costa Rica’s Christmas Traditions: El Niño, Tamales, and Superstitions Revealed

Despite all of the marketing efforts to make Santa Claus the star of Christmas in Costa Rica, 39 percent of Tico parents polled in a...

El Niño covers Chile’s arid Atacama desert in flowers

El Niño has brought unusually heavy rainfall to the world's driest desert this year, causing dormant flower bulbs and rhizomes to germinate.

El Niño’s deadly side effect: more snakebites

Researchers found that snake bites were two to three times more common in years of El Niño or La Niña.

El Niño in Costa Rica: We haven’t seen the worst of it yet, say experts

The northwestern province of Guanacaste already has registered the highest deficit in rainfall since the National Meteorological Institute began keeping records in 1937.

El Niño intensifying, could rival strongest in recorded history

The presence of a strong El Niño almost ensures that 2015 will become the warmest on record for Earth and will have ripple effects on weather patterns all over the world.

El Niño: Kiss of death for Costa Rica’s sea turtle eggs?

PLAYA OSTIONAL, Guanacaste – Annual rainfall has decreased by 52 percent this year in the Guanacaste region, according to the National Meteorological Institute, affecting the hatching rates of turtles in Ostional, a mass nesting site on Costa Rica's Pacific coast for the olive ridley species.

Experts: El Niño is coming

Experts say the weather phenomenon is going from a “neutral stage” to an active one.

El Niño likely to return, say experts

El Niño could mean less rain along the Pacific coast and heavier-than-normal rains in the Caribbean.

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Global Survey Highlights Costa Rica’s Vulnerability to Extreme Weather Events

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Costa Rica Expat Life: The Untold Story of Door-to-Door Sales Culture

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Nicaragua Faces Backlash Over Ortega’s Constitutional Changes

Nicaragua’s President, Daniel Ortega, submitted a constitutional reform to Congress on Wednesday to consolidate total control over all branches of power alongside his wife,...
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