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UN warns El Nino could be strongest in decades
The UN's climate agency warned that the ongoing El Nino may become the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago, with severe global heat and extreme weather expected.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a UN agency, warned on Thursday that El Nino is forecast to be the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago. The phenomenon is set to become "very strong" in the months ahead and is near certain to persist through February, the WMO said.
WMO chief Celeste Saulo told reporters in Geneva that "if this trajectory continues, it may be stronger than anything since our monitoring began." The agency said El Nino will peak towards the end of this year, though its knock-on impacts for the climate will continue well into 2027.
The UN chief said the world was in the "danger zone of extreme weather." El Nino warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, bringing worldwide effects.
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- World Meteorological Organisation
- El Nino
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- temperature pattern
- UN warning El Nino
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UN warns El Nino could be strongest in decades
The UN's climate agency warned that the ongoing El Nino may become the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago, with severe global heat and extreme weather expected.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a UN agency, warned on Thursday that El Nino is forecast to be the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago. The phenomenon is set to become "very strong" in the months ahead and is near certain to persist through February, the WMO said.
WMO chief Celeste Saulo told reporters in Geneva that "if this trajectory continues, it may be stronger than anything since our monitoring began." The agency said El Nino will peak towards the end of this year, though its knock-on impacts for the climate will continue well into 2027.
The UN chief said the world was in the "danger zone of extreme weather." El Nino warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, bringing worldwide effects.
- climate change
- World Meteorological Organisation
- El Nino
- rainfall pattern
- temperature pattern
- UN warning El Nino
- El Nino climate change
- World Meteorological Organization
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