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EL NINO
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Climatologists from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center forecast are predicting an 82% chance an El Niño pattern will develop between May and July, with the probability of El Niño conditions persisting through early 2027 rising above 96%.
El Niño conditions occur when...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — National Weather Service Office meteorologists Salu Hans Malala and Dora Meredith were at the KSBS-FM studio yesterday, for a “preparedness week media blast outreach” that urges the community to prepare for the upcoming tropical cyclone — or hurricane — season which runs...

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![Salu Hans Malala and Dora Meredith were at the KSBS-FM studio [photo: FS] Salu Hans Malala and Dora Meredith were at the KSBS-FM studio](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cyclone_season_3665.jpg?itok=00RP0068)