{
  "id": 2360725,
  "title": "This year's El Nino set to be strongest in more than a century, UK forecasters say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/this-years-el-nino-set-to-be-strongest-in-more-than-a-century-uk",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-21T10:28:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20260821-this-year-s-el-nino-set-to-be-strongest-in-more-than-a-century-uk-forecasters-say"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The UK's Met Office has forecast that this year's El Nino event will be the strongest in over a century. According to the Met Office, sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific are expected to reach an \"unheard-of\" level of more than three degrees above average.\n\nThis event is predicted to trigger severe droughts in South America and the West Pacific, with potential knock-on effects for global food security. The Met Office's head of long-range forecasting, Adam Scaife, described the El Nino signal as \"unprecedented\" and \"an intense\" event.\n\nThe anomalous warmth is already nearly two degrees above average, with temperatures in the region currently running about 2.6C above a rolling 30-year average, according to the Climate Brink dashboard.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "El Nino set to be strongest in more than a century, UK Met Office warns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/el-nino-set-to-be-strongest-in-more-than-a-century-uk-met-office-warns",
        "published": "2026-08-21T07:48:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Vibes",
        "title": "'Unprecedented’ El Nino could become strongest in more than a century - UK Met Office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/unprecedented-el-nino-could-become-strongest-in-more-than-a-century",
        "published": "2026-08-21T10:05:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}