Warm, wet weather caused by El Nino is a "free ticket to Disneyland" for P. ramorum in California, providing an environment in which the disease can spread:
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/columnists/bill-pramuk/article_60416e9e-184e-11df-bfaf-001cc4c002e0.html
Researchers at University of North Carolina are developing a model to predict spread of P. ramorum if it were to get loose in the eastern US:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local_state/story/314528.html
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