El Niñoin a sentence
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A major El Niño event generally occurs every 3 to 7 years and is associated with changes in the weather patterns worldwide.
El Niño = warmer than usual ocean currents in the tropical central and eastern Pacific Ocean
- West coast surfers love El Niño for warm water and big waves.
- An El Niño event is generally starts off the coast of Ecuador and Peru at Christmas time. (Hence the name which literally translates as "the little boy" in reference to Jesus' birth.)
- El Niño is famous due to its potentially catastrophic impact on the weather along coasts including Chile, Peru, and Australia.
- Tropical cyclones are influenced by El Niño and La Niña cycles.
- I lifted my newborn son above my head for my new friends to see and called out, "Es el nino!"† (source)
- Once back in town, as El Nino began to bear down on the Russian River, Marsha was standing in front of me, describing her day in every detail.† (source)
- Pastora was prevailed upon to sing and El Nino Ricardo played the guitar and it was very moving and an occasion of true joy and drunken friendship of the highest order.† (source)