El Nino 'wrecking ball' could cause record Pacific temperature rise, UN says
Forecasters say the event could drive record ocean heat and shift rainfall worldwide, with a 83% chance it is the strongest since 1950, NOAA said.
- On Wednesday, the World Meteorological Organization warned of an unprecedented El Niño event, predicting central Pacific temperatures will rise 3.8 degrees Celsius above normal between November and January, peaking around December.
- WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo noted the event surpasses previous records of around 3 degrees Celsius, describing the weather pattern as a 'wrecking ball' that will cause floods and severe droughts worldwide.
- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher warned that 50 million people could face increased hunger across Latin America, Africa, and Asia due to extreme weather impacts.
- Disruptions to rainfall patterns will trigger severe drought in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa starting in November, while the WMO projects increased rainfall and flooding risks for Latin America.
- While El Niño is a natural climate cycle, global warming can intensify these events; Kelvin waves have already battered Long Beach, California, in recent weeks, signaling the pattern's real-world reach.
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The Pacific threatens to become as hot as never before, which has an impact on the global weather. The United Nations now strongly warns of the consequences of the so-called El Niño and speaks of further conflicts, displacements and migration.
El Niño 'wrecking ball' could cause record Pacific temperature rise, UN says
In Southeast Asia, warmer conditions and a lack of rainfall could impact agriculture and water supplies, while Latin America could see increased rainfall, according to the World Meteorological Organization
UN: El Nino could be off the monitoring charts
The El Nino weather phenomenon gripping the planet could be off the charts, the United Nations warned on Wednesday, saying countries should take urgent action to prepare for the worst. "The current El Nino event could be unprecedented in strength. Literally off the monitoring charts that we have used for the past four decades," Celeste Saulo, head of the UN's World Meteorological Organization, told a press conference in Geneva. "El Nino will pea…
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El Nino wrecking ball could cause record Pacific temperature rise: UN - The Tribune
The El Nino weather pattern could cause a record rise in ocean temperatures in the Pacific as it barrels around the globe like a ‘wrecking ball’ causing floods and droughts, UN officials said on Wednesday. The new World Meteorological Organization seasonal outlook predicted the El Nino event would become extremely strong, with temperatures in the […]
Since the beginning of the measurements 40 years ago, no such strong El Niño has been registered yet. The weather phenomenon, which occurs naturally every few years, causes drought or very heavy rainfall depending on the world region.
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