El Nino to bring wild weather to our coast

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El Nino to bring wild weather to our coast

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LA JOLLA, Calif. (CBS 8) - There's a lot of big waves and wild weather heading our way this week.

It's no ordinary storm - it's actually linked to El Nino, which we haven't seen in years.

In this Earth 8 video story, Kimberly King reports with more.

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