El Niño is officially on the rise. Ocean temperatures along the equatorial Pacific are running 1.2°C above average, and forecasters say warming is expected to continue into winter.
Visitors are flocking to Death Valley National Park in California and Nevada to take in a rare phenomenon known as a superbloom. Thousands of long-dormant flowers have popped through the desert soil, transforming the barren landscape in carpets of gold.
It's beginning to look a lot like spring! The warm and wet weather this winter has led to a dazzling super bloom at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve.
Mosquitoes are out in full force earlier than expected in Los Angeles and Orange counties after recent heavy rainfall.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says city crews are working around the clock to repair streets damaged by months of heavy rain, which has contributed to a surge in potholes across the city.
With the recent heavy rain leading to landslides and slope erosion, multiple sections of Angeles Crest Highway have been damaged and washed out.