My kids watch the Bill Nye on Storms, and they talked about El Nino quite a bit. I looked it up and its supposed to have almost no effect on the eastern United

My kids watch the Bill Nye on Storms, and they talked about El Nino quite a bit. I looked it up and its supposed to have almost no effect on the eastern United States. However, now we are saying its going to make a big difference in rainfall on the east/northeast. I don't understand why the wikipedia article and this year's articles agree.