As hurricane season resumes there is no sign that the Loop Current will be anywhere near New Orleans this year and El Nino is developing. The ENSO is delivering masses of warm water to the South American Pacific coast.
NOAA's National Weather Service indicates El Niño may develop as early as summer or fall 2014. Typical El Niño impacts in the U.S. include above-average rainfall in the West and suppressed hurricane activity in the East, although neither is guaranteed and largely dependent on El Niño's strength.
Sunni's reclaim northern Iraq. Called the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in western press.