Latin America Likely to See Intense El Niño, UN Official Says
- Latin America faces a severe El Niño weather phenomenon between October and December, with the U.S. Climate Prediction Center estimating an 81% probability of a "very strong" event potentially ranking among the most severe since 1950.
- United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization chief economist Maximo Torero warned the region faces a "double blow" of extreme weather stress and reduced supplies of fertilizers and hybrid seeds impacted by the Strait of Hormuz conflict.
- The FAO identified the Central American Dry Corridor as a very high-risk zone, while Peru faces northern coastal flooding and highland water scarcity, a pattern anticipated to repeat in Chile.
- Torero urged investments in preparedness, noting every dollar dedicated yields a $7 return compared to $3 for reactive measures, and recommended infrastructure improvements to prevent transport disruptions.
- Governments must design policies to address these extreme conditions simultaneously, as the climatic effects are anticipated to be uneven across Latin America, requiring coordinated regional adaptation strategies.
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Santiago. Latin America, hit by the scarce supply of agricultural inputs due to the conflict in the Strait of Ormuz, must prepare without “losing time” for the imminent and devastating arrival of the El Niño phenomenon, warned a senior official of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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Latin America likely to see intense El Niño, UN official says
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