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Global South countries will be worst affected by the phenomenon sweeping the planet from June to February.
Extreme heat caused by this year’s “super El Niño” could lead to as many as 451,000 excess deaths worldwide in the six months to February 2027, according to researchers at the University of Chicago’s Climate Impact Lab. The number of extremely hot days is expected to rise by 44%, with Nigeria, Indonesia and Sudan among the countries likely to be worst affected. Researchers warn that the impact could extend well beyond the six-month period studied. Carys Garland reports.
Heaviest toll expected in poorer countries, already struggling with food insecurity and high energy costs, report says.
This year, El Nino had brought rainfall deficit during southwest monsoon in India, including Tamil Nadu
Struggling to breathe through the acrid haze emanating from wildfires on Indonesia’s Borneo Island, residents said on Wednesday they feared for their health but had little to do but wait out the foul-smelling hazard. Indonesia, which shares Borneo with Malaysia and Brunei, is grappling with forest fires that have ravaged swathes of the island, partly caused by the El Nino climate phenomenon that has also affected other countries in Southeast Asia and beyond. In Pontianak, the capital of West...
Forecasters say the Pacific Ocean warming pattern could be the strongest on record. Here is what that means for you.
An emergency declaration already covers 893 districts across 22 regions. The central bank governor says the economic hit could exceed estimates. The post Peru Puts the Odds of an Extraordinary El Nino at 62% and Its President Says the Effect Will Be Terrible appeared first on The Rio Times.
Europe's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest month ever recorded around the world and warned of worse to come, as an unprecedented El Nino pattern grows stronger. Global temperatures over land and sea soared to all-time highs in August and capped an extreme summer of heatwaves and wildfires that ranked the hottest on record for western Europe and the contiguous United States.
Scientists warn the 2026-27 El Nino could become the strongest ever, exacerbating global heat, droughts and floods.
El Nino could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations' climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief warning the world is in the "danger zone of extreme weather". The naturally-occurring weather phenomenon is set to become "very strong" in the months ahead and is near certain to persist through to February, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. FRANCE 24's Journalist Carys Garland tells us more.
Several storms, including Hurricane Lowell and Hurricane Karina, moved through the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, fuelled by a historically strong El Nino that has already been linked to extreme weather around the globe and is expected to persist through to February.