El Nino weather pattern forms in Pacific (Reuters)

By Rene Pastor 1 hour, 42 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - El Nino, an extreme warming of equatorial waters in the Pacific Ocean that wreaks havoc with world weather conditions, has formed and will last into 2007, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Wednesday. The El Nino has already helped make the Atlantic hurricane season milder than expected, said a forecaster for the NOAA. "The weak El Nino is helping to explain why the hurricane season is less than we expected ...