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The Current Heatwaves Are only a Foretaste: El Niño Is Expected to Cause an Intense Drought by October 2026

El Niño is rapidly intensifying in the equatorial Pacific. On July 31, 2026, the World Meteorological Organization announced that an intense episode would develop by October. The models predict a temperature anomaly of 2.9°C in the surveillance zones. Coupled with a positive dipole of the Indian Ocean, this phenomenon could cause droughts and floods on several continents. El Niño accelerates in the Pacific with record anomalies Between February …
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El Niño is rapidly intensifying in the equatorial Pacific. On July 31, 2026, the World Meteorological Organization announced that an intense episode would develop by October. The models predict a temperature anomaly of 2.9°C in the surveillance zones. Coupled with a positive dipole of the Indian Ocean, this phenomenon could cause droughts and floods on several continents. El Niño accelerates in the Pacific with record anomalies Between February …

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Science-et-vie.com broke the news on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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