Historically strong 2026 Super El Niño could have this devastating effect on California
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Super El Niño May Endanger California’s CoastCNN reports oceanographer Dillon Amaya forecasts sea levels along California’s coast will be about one foot higher by mid-October.
Key FactsSep 9, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- The climate pattern is expected to push water northward from Mexico and Central America toward the U.S. coast.
- According to CNN, this could trigger coastally trapped Kelvin waves that move up and down like water in a bathtub.
- Regular king tides, Daniel Swain said, increase flooding risks for Bay Area communities six feet or less above sea level.
- Swain said El Niño does not guarantee a wet winter, but a very strong event would likely increase California’s winter precipitation.
"El Niño doesn’t guarantee a wet winter in California," he said. "But a very strong, potentially historically strong event, which is our expectation for this year, likely increases the amount of precipitation that California will experience this winter."— Daniel Swain, climate scientist at the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, told American Community Media
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