NOAA Confirms El Nino With 63% Chance of Historic Strength as Extreme Weather Risks Rise
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Updated · CHAT News Today · Jun 11
NOAA Confirms El Nino With 63% Chance of Historic Strength as Extreme Weather Risks Rise
3 articles · Updated · CHAT News Today · Jun 11
Summary
NOAA said El Nino has formed in the equatorial Pacific and has a 63% chance of becoming one of the strongest events on record by late fall or early winter.
Forecasters said it could rival or exceed the 1997 El Nino, which helped drive billions of dollars in damage from heat waves, floods, droughts, tornadoes and wildfires.
Warmer Pacific waters near the equator can push extra heat into the atmosphere, a mechanism scientists say will intensify weather disruptions across many regions.
A globe already heated by fossil-fuel-driven warming could see El Nino further raise temperatures and amplify extreme weather worldwide.