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| El Niño set to be 'strongest in living memory', says Met Office |
| 2026-08-21 |
| [BBC] There is growing evidence that weather patterns around the world are already being affected, with below-average monsoon rains in India and suppressed hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean. El Niño could put the UK at greater risk of a wet, stormy autumn with signs of a very unsettled spell already showing up in long-range forecasts. "We should be clear that this is an unprecedented event," said Prof Adam Scaife, head of long-range forecasting at the UK Met Office. "I have never seen an El Niño signal this intense in our forecasts." There is no clear evidence that climate change is making El Niño events more likely, but its weather impacts are likely to be more extreme in a warming world. Related: El Niño 08/06/2026 Climate scientist warns of widespread famine by 2027 due to El Niño El Niño 07/04/2026 Scientist warns of increased heat due to El Niño El Niño 07/02/2026 The world's ocean surface temperature reached a record 20.98 degrees Celsius in June |
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