El Nino breaks record temperature in Pacific Ocean as weather pattern intensifies

A strengthening El Niño pushed sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific monitoring area to a record high of 29.70 degrees in September, the European Union's Copernicus climate service said Monday. Forecasters expect the weather pattern, which raises risks of drought and flooding and exacerbates global warming, to become the strongest on record this year.

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