Typhoons Batter East Asia as El Niño Warms the Pacific
Typhoons have hit East Asia hard, and the last few months have brought unusually wild weather even to countries used to these storms. El Niño, a pattern in the Pacific, is being linked to making the ocean unusually warm, according to the report.
Context
Context: A typhoon is the name for a strong tropical storm in the northwest Pacific, and El Niño is a natural cycle of warmer ocean water in the central and eastern Pacific that shifts rain and storms worldwide.
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