El Niño: It will continue “with great intensity” until March 2027.

Considered one of the most destructive of recent decades, El Niño continues to strengthen in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to “remain from&returns

Considered one of the most destructive El Niño events of recent decades, the phenomenon continues to strengthen in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to “remain strong to very strong through March 2027,” according to a forecast by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The forecast, released on Thursday (12/11), indicates that the probability of the climate phenomenon remaining “very strong through March 2027” exceeds 73%. The agency also says there is a high likelihood that it will be the most historic episode of the phenomenon since 1950, when El Niño reached its most intense form. Explaining its reasoning, the US agency clarified that “the three-month index must reach +2.5 degrees Celsius or higher.” The estimated probabilities stand at 60% for the October-December and November-January periods. El Niño: The World Meteorological Organization’s latest report Similarly, the latest report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) notes that temperatures ...