El Nino Is Here and Scientists Fear It'll Be Big, Bad and Costly with Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires
NOAA says there is a 63% chance the event becomes very strong by late fall or early winter, with global heat and weather risks rising.
- On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared El Niño conditions have officially begun in the tropical Pacific, marking a natural weather cycle expected to grow to historic strength.
- This warming phase follows the fading of the cooler 'sister' pattern, La Niña, at the end of last year, with sea surface temperatures in the central and tropical Pacific passing the 0.5C-above-average threshold.
- Forecasters suggest this could become a so-called 'super' El Niño, with NOAA estimating a 63% chance the event will intensify to rank among the largest El Niño events in the historical record going back to 1950.
- This pattern disrupts global weather, bringing drought to Central America and wildfires to Australia, while parts of western South America often experience heavy rain and floods; the U.S. Southwest may receive strong summer rains alleviating snow drought.
- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres described El Niño as an 'urgent climate warning,' noting it will pour 'fuel on the fire' of a warming world as projections indicate global temperatures could exceed 1.5 degrees of warming above late-19th-Century levels by 2027.
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El Nino Is Back, and It May Be a Doozy
El Nino is officially back—and scientists say this one could be a heavyweight . The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday confirmed that El Nino conditions have formed in the tropical Pacific, with sea surface temperatures now 0.5 degrees Celsius above average, reports the BBC . Forecasts suggest...
El Niño is officially here, and will be among the strongest ever recorded, NOAA announces
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gives the climate event a 63% chance to "rank among the largest El Niño events in the historical record going back to 1950."
The recurring weather phenomenon has been coming up for months. The conditions are now in place. Scientists expect global record temperatures and warn of droughts and floods.
Weather pattern El Nino has begun, says US agency
WASHINGTON: The weather phenomenon El Nino has arrived, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday (Jun 11), and scientists expect it will intensify into the end of the year, potentially to historic strength.El Nino is a natural climate phenomenon that warms surface temperatures in t
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