NOAA’s new forecast gives a 69% chance that the climate pattern will break records. It’s likely to raise sea levels, cause strong storms in the Pacific and deluge the Southeast with rain.

There is a nearly 70% chance that the building Super El Niño will be the strongest such event on record, according to a NOAA forecast released Thursday.

El Niño continues to strengthen, and it has a greater than 90% chance of becoming a \