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El Nino Delivers Drought-Busting but Flooding Rain to Texas; California May be Next

Heavy surf in California, 1998

AccuWeather.com-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports  an El Niño pattern has been contributing to drought-busting rain in Texas and the southern Plains. California may be next up for much-needed rain during the winter of 2015-16.

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El Niño, which began during the past winter, occurs when ocean water temperatures climb above normal across the central and eastern Pacific, centered around the equator.

According to AccuWeather Meteorologist Ben Noll, along with impacting weather patterns around the globe, an El Niño tends…

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