El Niño Intensifies, Threatening Global Weather
Extreme heat, droughts, and floods - El Niño has not yet reached its peak. The climatic phenomenon El Niño continues to rapidly gain strength, and due to it the planet is expected to face six more months of weather anomalies, warns the World Meteorological Organization.
Consensus
- El Niño is intensifying and is expected to last until at least February 2027.
- El Niño is causing or increasing the risk of extreme weather events including heatwaves, droughts, and floods.
- The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued warnings about the growing impact of El Niño.
- The phenomenon involves abnormal warming of surface waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
- Global meteorological services are increasing efforts to improve weather forecasting and early warning systems due to El Niño.
Points of divergence
- El Niño may become stronger than any previously recorded event since observations began. — vesti
- The temperature anomaly in the El Niño epicenter has already exceeded the 30-year average by 2.6°C and could reach 4°C by November. — interfax
- Sea temperature anomalies at depth in parts of the Pacific Ocean exceeded 8°C in July and early August. — tg_dwglavnoe
- The Indian Ocean Dipole is in a positive phase, and the tropical Atlantic remains unusually warm, compounding El Niño effects. — tg_dwglavnoe
- El Niño may severely impact global food security, threatening 50 million people worldwide. — interfax
- El Niño is affecting global logistics, copper mining, and animal feed production. — vesti
Coverage (3 sources)
- El Niño will intensify and increase the risk of extreme weather — Вести
- UN predicts that current El Nino will intensify and last until February 2027 — Интерфакс
- Extreme heat, droughts and floods - El Nino has not yet reached its peak — DW Главное
Key entities
- WHO
- UN
- Moscow
- INTERFAX.RU
- Russia
- Zemlya
- Ministry of Justice
- António Guterres
- World Meteorological Organization
- Deutsche Welle