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How much more of an impact will El Niño have on our lives?
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Mar 21, 2016
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How much more of an impact will El Niño have on our lives?
We didn't get the great Southern California deluge most predicted, but you can't write El Niño off just yet.
Concrete barriers are set against flood debris in Glendora on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. Persistent wet conditions could put some Los Angeles County communities at risk of flash flooding along with mud and debris flows, especially in wildfire burn areas. El Niño storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mudslides and flash floods in regions stripped bare by wildfires.
Concrete barriers are set against flood debris in Glendora on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016.
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We didn't get the great Southern California deluge most predicted, but you can't write El Niño off just yet.

Remember back in the fall when we were planning for the mother of all rainy winters?

Phones were ringing off the hooks at roofing companies and everybody was researching the best pair of rubber boots... but things didn't go as expected. This February was one of the hottest on record and we didn't get the great Southern California deluge most predicted, but up north, the snow pack is thick and the reservoirs are filling back up.

So, what can we expect going forward?

Brian Kahn is a Senior Science Writer at Climate Central and he joins A Martinez to talk about our warm future.