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# A SUPER El Niño Triggered History’s DEADLIEST Disaster. THIS One Might Be Worse.
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/weathered/episode/a-super-el-nino-triggered-historys-deadliest-disaster-this-one-might-be-worse-bdktcq/
- Published: 2026-07-29T15:45:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-30T16:00:21.000Z
- Description: Will the 2026 El Niño be the strongest we’ve ever seen? What can the one in 1877 tell us?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Weathered, Season 7, Episode 15, #ZZZ_Episode_db4e294d-567d-4492-a198-d25788995497, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_589b897c-2e71-4cd9-800d-42e270df6522, #v1.16

The 2026 El Niño could be the strongest we’ve ever seen. And to understand its potential impacts, we’ll take a trip back in time to 1877\. That El Niño triggered one of the most devastating natural disasters in human history. What could this one do?