El Nino returns and could become one of the strongest on record
Key takeaways
- Meteorologists confirmed the arrival of El Nino in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, warning the climate pattern could grow into one of the strongest on record.
- By: FRANCE 24 (FILE) A man paddles a boat along a flooded street in the Harmonia neighborhood in the city of Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 13, 2024.
- Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will likely turbocharge extreme weather across the planet.
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Meteorologists confirmed the arrival of El Nino in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, warning the climate pattern could grow into one of the strongest on record. Experts say it is likely to amplify global heat and fuel extreme weather, including floods, droughts, wildfires and powerful storms, over the coming months.
By: FRANCE 24 (FILE) A man paddles a boat along a flooded street in the Harmonia neighborhood in the city of Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 13, 2024. © Nelson Almeida, AFP El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday.
Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will likely turbocharge extreme weather across the planet. Meteorologists forecast it will rival – or exceed – a record El Nino that began in 1997 and helped trigger billions of dollars in damage from heat waves, floods, droughts, tornadoes and wildfires.