California Braces for Powerful El Niño: Floods, Heat, and Storms Loom

We need to output only the SEO-optimized content: a professional original news article, 300-500 words, SEO optimized, human-like, no AI style, clear structure, with analysis, unique wording. Title given: "California Braces for Powerful El Niño: Floods, Heat, and Storms Loom". Summary: a link with text: "Signs of strong El Niño emerge. Here's what California can expect." We need to embed that summary? Probably we need to include the summary as a paragraph after title? The instruction: "Title: ... Summary: Signs of strong El Niño emerge. Here's what California can expect.
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We need SEO optimized: include keywords like "El Niño", "California weather", "flood risk", "heatwave", "storm preparedness", "climate forecast". Use headings.

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California Braces for Powerful El Niño: Floods, Heat, and Storms Loom

Signs of strong El Niño emerge. Here's what California can expect.

Introduction
California officials are tightening emergency plans as climate models point to a strengthening El Niño pattern forming in the Pacific. Meteorologists warn that the upcoming winter could bring a mix of intense rainfall, unusually high temperatures, and disruptive wind events across the state. Residents from the Sierra Nevada foothills to the coastal corridors are being urged to review evacuation routes, clear drainage systems, and stockpile essential supplies ahead of what forecasters describe as a potentially volatile season.

Key Developments
Recent satellite data show sea‑surface temperatures along the equatorial Pacific climbing above the 2.0 °C threshold that typically signals a strong El Niño. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center has upgraded its outlook, projecting a 70 % chance that the phenomenon will peak between December and February. In response, the California Department of Water Resources has