El Nino Watch: the impacts around the world this week

Bangkok An exceptionally strong El Nino is driving weather disruptions around the globe, stoking food security fears and increasing the chances that 2026 will be the second-hottest year on record, experts say.

Current El Nino event could be unprecedented in strength: WMO storyline 1 Here is how the climate phenomenon has been playing out around the world in the last week.

A ferocious El Niño is brewing thanks to record Pacific heat A ferocious El Niño is brewing thanks to record Pacific heat Since the modern era of instrumental records began, there have only been three very strong El Niño events, in 2015-16, 1997-98, and 1982-83, with the three-month averages of the temperature anomaly being 2.6°, 2.4°, and 2.1°C, respectively.