'Godzilla El Niño' Could Unleash Fury On California As Early As Summer

Cal/OSHA warns employers to protect workers as heat wave hits California

Cal/OSHA is urging employers across California to take steps to prevent heat illness as one of the year's first heat waves pushes temperatures above seasonal averages this week.

California's snowpack was already meager. Now comes an extraordinary heat wave

Winter has brought California's Sierra Nevada a below-average amount of snow, and the snowpack has been shrinking for weeks.

Another ski resort closes early as heat wave causes chaos for California’s winter sports

The Central Sierra resort said on Instagram that recent rainfall and unusually warm temperatures erased much of the snowfall that arrived during February’s powerful blizzard.

'Godzilla El Niño' Could Unleash Fury On California As Early As Summer

Forecast models have recently predicted there's an 80 percent chance a strong El Niño could develop in the late summer or fall.