A flooded street in Cathedral City, Calif., in 2023. Scientists have linked the 2023-24 El Niño to drought in Southern Africa, large wildfires in the Amazon and intense rainfall in Southern California.

A flooded street in Cathedral City, Calif., in 2023. Scientists have linked the 2023-24 El Niño to drought in Southern Africa, large wildfires in the Amazon and intense rainfall in Southern California.