Can el nino kill people?

Question

Can el nino kill people?

Answer 1

Not directly.  El Nino is simply a condition where water temperatures off the Ecuador coast into the central tropical Pacific Ocean are warmer than average.  That in itself doesn't hurt anyone.  However, effects from El Nino can affect storm systems and their tracks which could in turn cause deaths, but there is no way to attribute any storm to El Nino.