{
  "id": 1513284,
  "title": "How El Niño Could Spark Global Crisis in 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/how-el-nino-could-spark-global-crisis-in-2027",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T16:12:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/how-el-nino-could-spark-global-crisis-in-2027-12331811"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "El Niño, a climate pattern characterized by warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific, could trigger a global food crisis by 2027, according to JP Morgan and other analysts. The extreme weather events associated with El Niño may exacerbate existing food security issues, with fertilizer and fuel shocks colliding with planting windows in some of the world's most vulnerable food systems. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center has warned that there is a 69 percent chance that El Niño will reach \"historic\" strength between October and December, surpassing all previous recorded events. This could lead to a decline in global rice yields, causing rice prices to rise by 10-20 percent due to reduced supply and limited availability. Vulnerable regions, including Central America, Southeast Asia, the Sahel, and southern Africa, could face disruptions to food production, water security, and fisheries. Emerging markets such as India, Colombia, Indonesia, Brazil, Taiwan, and Korea are particularly at risk. The United Nations has highlighted that El Niño typically elevates drought risks in many of these regions while increasing flood hazards in East Africa and South America. Urgent action is needed to address the compounding storm of war, weather, warehousing, water, and waste, according to JP Morgan.",
  "summary": "JP Morgan has warned that the next global food crisis could be already forming.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}