UN Warns Intensifying El Nino Raises Risks of Droughts, Floods, and Storms Worldwide
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UN raises its forecast for strong El Nino to emerge
GENEVA — The United Nations weather agency raised its forecast Friday for the rapid emergence of a strong El Nino in the coming months, warning that the phenomenon will likely drive global temperatures higher.
The World Meteorological Organization warns of a rapid and significant escalation of this phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, which will enhance the effects of climate change and trigger often catastrophic weather events. Read more
A strong El Niño event is coming, with peak intensity between November and February. We explain what's at stake in this climate pattern associated with droughts and heat waves.
The World Meteorological Organization warned that the El Niño phenomenon will intensify over the next few months and could become a strong episode between July and September. The United Nations agency warned that this scenario will raise the risk of heat waves, droughts, torrential rains, forest fires and floods in different regions of the world. [...]
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that the “El Niño” phenomenon is expected to intensify rapidly in the coming months, “which will increase the likelihood of heat waves, droughts, heavy rains and other extreme weather events in many parts of the world.” WMO explained that episodes of this weather phenomenon usually occur between two and seven years, with a duration of between 9 and 12 months, reaching its maximum intensity bet…
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