NOAA announces arrival of El Nino with potential for historic strength.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed on Thursday that El Nino has formed in the Pacific Ocean. Meteorologists forecast a 63% chance it will grow to historic strength by late fall or early winter, potentially rivaling the record 1997 event.
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Divergence score
2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
2 camps
2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
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AP News
South China Morning Post
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International angle
The split, in one line
Both outlets lead with the 63% chance of historic strength and the 1997 comparison, but AP emphasizes U.S. agricultural and economic impacts while SCMP focuses on drought across Australia and Indonesia.
How each outlet covered it
No left-right split here
Coverage clusters in the center and international press. Here is each take as it stands.
Center & international coverage
“El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires”
“El Nino is back – and it could be ‘one for the history books’”
Tracked claims from across the political spectrum
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