The United Nations (UN) have recently warned that we need to prepare for an El Niño in 2026, with its World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) predicting it has an an 80% chance of developing by September and a 90% chance of doing so before November.
“Fuelled by unusually warm ocean waters in the tropical Pacific, El Niño conditions are developing and are set to influence global temperature and rainfall patterns, increasing the risk of extreme weather over the coming months,” the release reads.
A so-called “super El Niño” has been predicted for this year as early as April. If the extreme weather event does take place, the WMO predicts “Above-average temperatures... nearly everywhere for June to August”.
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