El Nino could be strongest in decades, UN warns
Geneva: El Nino is forecast to be the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago, the United Nations’ climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief saying the world was in the “danger zone of extreme weather”. The weather phenomenon is set to become “very strong” in the months ahead and is near certain to persist through to February, the World Meteorological Organisation said.…
The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that the upcoming El Niño could be the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago, with the possibility of breaking a temperature record set in 2024. El Niño, a naturally occurring phenomenon that warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, is expected to intensify and peak towards the end of the year, persisting through February.
UN chief Antonio Guterres described the situation as "dangerous" and urged governments and climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, health, energy, and water to prepare for the potential impacts. The WMO predicts that this El Niño event will be classified as very strong, with a sea surface temperature anomaly of more than +2°C, the highest category out of four.
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