Australia has posted its hottest end to any year as the impact of one of the biggest El Ninos on record began to be felt across the continent.

From rain, hail and soaring temperatures to a tornado - this year's weather had it all.

Long-standing weather records have been smashed by a stormy, yet warm December, the Met Office's early figures suggest.

MONTREAL – Temperatures at the North Pole rose above the freezing point Wednesday, 20 degrees Celsius above the midwinter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of odd weather.

The warming of the Pacific Ocean caused by the El Niño climate event is “causing havoc” among marine animals off California’s coast, with unprecedented numbers of dead or starving seals being washe

El Niño is one of the most predictable climate events on the planet, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, but it also has a way of keeping climate scientists guessin

The US space agency Nasa has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on record.