The 1997/98 El Nino Southern Oscillation
January 1998 Press Articles
This page last updated on January 31, 1998.
 
  • 1/30/98 Reuters - El Nino to Fade After May, La Nina May Follow
  • 1/30/98 San Francisco Gate - El Nino strongest on record, will last through mid-1998
  • 1/30/98 CNN - Looming food shortfall worsens Kenya's economic woe
  • 1/30/98 CNN - Peru evacuates orphans, refugees from El Nino
  • 1/30/98 ABC - El Niño Strongest on Record
  • 1/29/98 ABC - Avalanche Strikes in Peru - El Niño Rains Are Blamed
  • 1/29/98 CNN - Peruvian mudslide kills 31, area to be evacuated.  Vast tracts of farmland under water
  • 1/29/98 CNN - Devastating floods in Peru blamed on El Niño
  • 1/26/98 CNN - 'Nairobi fly' doesn't sting or bite, but it sure does hurt
  • 1/26/98 Star Online (Malaysia) - Sabah prepares for drought
  • 1/26/98 CNN - Fresh forest fire warning for Indonesia's Borneo
  • 1/23/98 Trib.com - Game Day (i.e., Super Bowl Sunday) not threatened by El Nino in past or present
  • 1/23/98 Daily Nation (Kenya) - EU donates Sh210m to flood victims.
  • 1/22/98 The Post (Zambia) - El nino may not affect the whole country
  • 1/21/98 Chicago Sun Times - El Nino has been a real pal
  • 1/20/98 Mail & Guardian (S. Africa) - Floods havoc in Nairobi
  • 1/20/98 The Earth Times - El Nino still again
  • 1/20/98 Wahington Post - UN: El Nino Helped Make 1997 Hot
  • 1/20/98 CNN - Floods cause chaos on key road link in Kenya
  • 1/20/98 USA Today - El Niño bleaches coral near Galapagos Is.
  • 1/19/98 the Press (New Zealand) - El Nino behind cooler weather in NZ
  • 1/19/98 San Jose Mercury News - El Niño blamed for Peru's fishing woes
  • 1/19/98 Africa News Online - Natural Disaster "EL Nino" Promises More Havoc - World Bank
  • 1/17/98 CNN - Floods kill 86, destroy roads and bridges in Kenya
  • 1/16/98 Associated Press - El Nino Volume And Area Decrease, But Weather-Altering Power Still There
  • 1/16/98 ABC News - El Niño Not Dead Yet
  • 1/16/98 CNN - Peru mudslide victims say lack food, shelter
  • 1/16/98 Mail & Guardian (S. Africa) - Floods help spread the rift fever
  • 1/16/98 Daily Nation (Kenya) - Chaos, agony in torrential rains.
  • 1/15/98 Mail & Guardian (S. Africa) - Africa begs EU to lift fish ban
  • 1/15/98 San Francisco Examiner - More mud on Bay Area horizon; After a break, stormy onslaught expected to resume this weekend
  • 1/15/98 Reuters - Towns buried in Peru mudslide, 15 killed
  • 1/14/98 MSNBC - El Niño just won’t go away: Forecasters say its effects will be felt until summer
  • 1/13/98 USA Today - Gaining a systematic understanding of El Niño
  • 1/13/98 USA Today - Studying other shifts in the ocean, atmosphere
  • 1/13/98 San Francisco Chronicle - El Nino Storms Into Bay Area; Slides, flood warnings after heavy drenching
  • 1/13/98 Reuters - El Nino's effects finally hit northern California
  • 1/13/98 Africa News Online - El Nino weather danger not over yet [Editorial]
  • 1/12/98 UPI - El Nino brings hot, dry season to Thais
  • 1/11/98 ABC News - Fourth Day in the dark: The weird weather in the North and South points to El Niño
  • 1/11/98 Salt Lake Tribune - Could El Nino Create a Climate for Disease?
  • 1/10/98 ABC News - Worst Storm on Record: Ice Storm in Canada Leaves Millions Without Power
  • 1/8/98 CNN - 1997 hottest year on record
  • 1/8/98 USA Today - El Niño gets the blame for weirdness
  • 1/8/98 ABC News -   Is El Niño Disappearing?
  • 1/8/98 Africa Online - What are Zimbabwe's prospects in the new year?
  • 1/8/98 Daily Nation (Kenya) - Mobilise efforts to curb epidemics
  • 1/7/98 Washington Post - Indonesia Drought Roll Reaches 670
  • 1/6/98 Chicago sun-Times - It's beginning to look a lot like El Nino
  • 1/6/98 Philadelphia Inquirer - The weather outside is -- delightful
  • 1/6/98 Sydney Morning Herald - Don't desapir: it's normal weather
  • 1/6/97 Associated Press - El Nino Affects Indiana Business
  • 1/5/98 USA Today - Scientists studying West Coast storms
  • 1/5/98 New Zealand News - Little rain tipped for summer
  • 1/5/98 the Hindu - North-East Monsoon 'exceptionally good'
  • 1/5/98 Dallas Morning News - Experts fear El Nino may create climate for disease
  • 1/4/98 CNN - Peru's El Nino death-toll rises to at least 24
  • 1/2/98 CNN - El Niño puts a damper on elephant seal reunion
  • 1/2/98 Nunatsiaq News - Believe it or not: A weather expert at Environment Canada says El Nino will make Nunavut's weather colder
  • 1/2/98 NPR (Real Audio Report, Part 2) - The El Nino weather pattern has mostly behaved as scientists predicted.
  • 1/1/98 NPR (Real Audio report) - Preparations in Peru

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