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WMO: Extreme weather from El Niño "on all continents" likely to continue for months
19.02.2016 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The natural climate phenomenon known as El Niño has peaked, but its impact is still likely to be devastating in coming months around the world, UN Radio says referring to the WMO (World Meteorological Organization) report.
As to the report, the warmer ocean temperatures associated with El Niño have already caused extreme weather «on all continents» and helped fuel record global temperature highs in 2015.
This pattern is set to continue, WMO says, with drought increasingly likely.
It is to be admitted, presently there are torrential rains and flooding in South America and East Africa, wildfires in Indonesia, there are growing signs of terrible drought in the south and east of the African continent, central America and elsewhere.
As to the report, one of the main reasons for this extreme weather is El Niño, the natural climate phenomenon that’s characterized by hotter than average ocean temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.
As to the report, the current El Niño is one of the strongest on record.
And although the world has never been better prepared to counter the effects of this climatic phenomenon, its intensity and scale this time round have given particular cause for concern.
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