‘Super El Niño’ could make Arizona’s already brutal summers even worse, climate scientists warn

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 860

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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Experts say that Arizona this year is likely to see more of the record-breaking heat, deadly flooding and intense wildfires that have marked recent summers — and it could be even worse, thanks to the strong El Niño expected.

“It has been one of the biggest weather stories we have seen,” Shel Winkley, a meteorologist at Climate Central told reporters Wednesday about the “Super El Niño” that has been forming in the Pacific …

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