El Nino conditions raise the risk of coastal storm damage along California's coast.

Is it true that El Nino conditions raise the risk of coastal storm damage along California's coast?

Unclear. The retrieved items only partially support the claim: one study links El Nino to raised coastal flooding threat on Pacific coasts of Latin America and the Caribbean, another links the 2015-2016 El Nino to California coastal ocean warming, and a lesson plan treats El Nino as a potential disaster for Malibu, California. None of the placed items directly establishes that El Nino conditions raise coastal storm damage risk specifically along California's coast.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 4 sources for, 0 against · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

The private library was unavailable for some searches in this check. Missing library results are not evidence against the claim.

Thomas, M., Christopher, P., & Ivan, H. (2026). Super El Niño can raise coastal extreme sea-level risk tenfold. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23041991

BG, R., IJ, L., P, D., FJ, M., & MW, B. (2015). Effects of Climate Change on Exposure to Coastal Flooding in Latin America and the Caribbean.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133409

R., M. D. D. & S., K. M. (1999). El Nino Election. Grade 12 Lesson. Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE): Connecting California's Classrooms to the World.. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED457070

The origins of the anomalous warming in the C alifornia coastal ocean and S an F rancisco B ay during 2014–2016. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017jc013120