Central Pacific Forecast To See More Storms This Hurricane Season

Forecasters say the 2015 hurricane season in the central Pacific region will see more storms than average because of warmer ocean water. Tom Evans, the acting director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center, said at a news conference Tuesday that the prediction is based largely on current El Nino conditions in the region. El Nino is the warming of the water on the surface of the ocean along the equator, he said, and there are more storms on average during El Nino years. "El Nino has been established, it’s out there," Evans said.