Question

Which of the following events would mostly likely happen during an El Niño year? A. Coastal regions would receive more rainfall, and storms would be more severe. B. More earthquakes would occur along the Ring of Fire. C. Hurricanes would occur more frequently. D. Coastal regions would be drier, and the risk of drought would increase. Please select the best answer from the choices provided. A B C D

Answer 1

B is the right answer but not sure it can be C also.

Answer 2

The correct answer fro your question is option (C)-Hurricanes would occur more frequently.

• El Niño is associated with a band of warm ocean water which develops in the central equatorial pacific.
• El Niño is the warm phase of El Niño Southern Oscillation(ENSO).
• There have been at least 30 El Niño events occurred from 1900 to 2015.
• An interesting fact about El Niño is that humans have been sacrificed in modern day Peru to prevent the rains when El Niño affected the Moche part of Peru.