This year's El Niño storms were as bad as those in the early 90's. Back then, I recall a storm where most fences were blown down and the dining room window pane glass flexed and bowed in visibly, I thought it would eventually break.

We're poised to experience a repeat of last year and supposedly a La Niña next year.

Been hearing about this for 35 years. Same old same old

Hardly suprising given this is a National Geographic article specifically targeted to teenagers that looks to have been written at any time in the past 20 years.

There's nothing current or new here, just basic high school level ENSO material.

It's a normal cycle. However, climate change means that the effects tend to be more severe than they were 35 years ago.