Marketplace · Thursday, September 24, 2026
The approaching 'super El Niño' is predicted to cause significant weather pattern shifts, including heavy rainfall in the Southern US and warmer, drier conditions in the North. This phenomenon is of particular interest to catastrophe modeling firms like Karen Clark & Company, which assess potential flood and storm damage.
“The potential damage, which could include extensive flooding, is of interest to people like Dan Ward.”
“So during an El Niño and in in a particularly strong El Niño like the one that is occurring right now, um, a lot of the activity shifts toward the Pacific.”
“And so some somewhat good news, unless you call it good news, but during an El Niño year, um, we actually expect to see more rainfall and potentially for flooding in a place like California.”