A rare weather phenomenon is on track for a ‘hostile’ clash with the Super El Niño

This has been a summer of extreme weather, so brace yourself—it looks like Mother Nature may have another curveball up her sleeve. As if we don’t have enough to worry about—from the apocalyptic-looking smoky yellow skies in the Northeast caused by the Canadian wildfires to massive heat waves across the U.S. and Europe—there’s a rare event brewing in the ocean that could bring on a destructive hurricane season. “A rare Atlantic Niña [not to be confused with La Niña] has appeared in the tropics, just as a powerful Super El Niño continues to build in the Pacific,” according to Severe Weather E...