El Niño also supercharged the Pacific hurricane season, with 21 Category 4 and 5 storms in the North Pacific, far above the old record of 17, set in the El Niño year of 1997. While the planet has seen El Niño events long before humans began pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, it is unclear exactly how these events will play out in a climate system that is increasingly global warming driven. For example, this El Niño features unusual warmth centered toward the international dateline, whereas other powerful events, such as the 1997-98 event, were centered further east. This may affect how El Niño will modify the winter in the U. S., experts told the Washington Post 's Capital Weather Gang blog. via GIPHY Studies have not shown clear signals of how El Niño events will change in the future, or how their impacts will vary, Di Liberto said. "... This event is playing out in uncharted territory, " said Michael Jarraud, the secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, in a statement.
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