THE presence of El Niño does not mean that there will be no rain, according to an official of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Pagasa declared on July 4 the start of El Niño which is expected to last until the first quarter of 2024.
Engr. Alfredo Quiblat, Pagasa Visayas chief, said in an interview with SunStar Cebu on Tuesday, July 11, that El Niño phenomenon is not the absence of rain, but the lack of it.
"El Niño means lack of rain, not an absence of rain," said Quiblat.
El Niño is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. (NWSSU Intern Kyle Andrei D. Acuña)