El Niño forms in Pacific, raising risk of record heat and costly weather
TL;DR
Forecasters say El Niño has formed in the Pacific and could become one of the strongest on record, likely bringing hotter global temperatures, more extreme rainfall and floods in some regions, droughts in others, and substantial economic costs that could last through multiple seasons.
- El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires AP News
- El Niño is here and rapidly strengthening. Here’s what it means for your weather CNN
- El Niño Is Here. Should You Be Worried? U.S. News & World Report
- El Niño has formed. Forecasters expect a global weather powerhouse. USA Today
- El Niño has begun, scientists say, and could bring record heat BBC
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