An El Nino stronger than the flooding in the late 90’s in the Santa Clarita Valley is expected to hit this year, according to a CNN report.

The strong winds and possible flooding may reach the Northern Hemisphere, but is not anticipated to end Santa Clarita’s water challenges.

“We would need several years of substantially above average rainfall in order to make up for the shortages,” said Dirk Marks from the Castaic Lake Water Agency, in a previous story. “It is very unlikely a wet year would be able to fill the reservoirs across the state.”

Previously, this El Nino phenomenon was expected every two to seven years, but due to more fluctuated weather changes, it has become more frequent, according to CNN.

Alterations in high atmospheric winds, called jet streams and unexpected storms are expected throughout California, according to CNN.

The Federal Forecasters announced “a greater than 90 percent chance that El Nino would continue all winter for the Northern Hemisphere. The likelihood that the effects will last into early spring is 85 percent, up from last month’s prediction of 80 percent,” according to CNN.

Related: Remembering El Nino ’98; Santa Clarita City Prepares For Possible Storm

By disrupting weather patterns around the world, the waters of the eastern Pacific are leading up to a stronger storm than years prior. In 1997, El Nino caused severe mudslides in the Northern Hemisphere, which began in the equatorial Pacific between South America and South Asia/Australia, according to CNN. The change in direction of the pacific trade winds created weather changes throughout the world.

The excessive rain in 1998 resulted in two homes being lost in Friendly Valley and three mobile homes in Sand Canyon. For that reason, catch basins and crew clean out storm drains were implemented in Santa Clarita.

However, Santa Clarita officials are constantly working on improving the conditions of flow lines to ensure that safety measures are being taken in case of flooding,  said Travis Lange, environmental services manager for Santa Clarita, in a previous story.