Temperatures are expected to soar across large parts of the world after the UN’s WMO declared that we are in a climate-heating El Niño weather pattern for the first time in seven years BawdenTom explains ⬇️
The organisation forecasts that the event will be of “at least moderate strength” and that there is a 90 per cent probability of it continuing till at least the end of the year.El Niño, a warming of water surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, is linked to extreme weather conditions from tropical cyclones to heavy rainfall to severe droughts.
“The onset of El Niño will greatly increase the likelihood of breaking temperature records and triggering more extreme heat in many parts of the world and in the ocean,” said WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas. “Early warnings and anticipatory action of extreme weather events associated with this major climate phenomenon are vital to save lives and livelihoods.”in the south of the US, the south of South America, the Horn of Africa and central Asia, while severe heatwaves and droughts often strike eastern Australia, Indonesia, south Asia and Central America.
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