Category : Climate Change | Location : National | Posted on 2026-08-10 10:23:31
The El Niño event in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean is already hotter than the peak temperature (in the Niño 3.4 region used for measuring the strength of El Niño) of the 1997-98 Super El Niño event with sea surface temperatures forecast to be the highest in at least the previous 150 years. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has already warned of impacts from the steadily intensifying El Niño in the form of above normal temperatures and shifts in rainfall patterns between August and October.
