The water temperature at the El Niño epicenter may rise to 3.8 degrees above average by the end of 2026, announced Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). "The current El Nino event can reach an unprecedented intensity, to the point of falling just outside the scale used to monitor it in the last four decades. The El Niño episode will reach its peak towards the end of 2026, but its effects will continue to be felt long after that," the official warned. The WMO recalls that the phenomenon changes the normal temperature and precipitation regimes in many regions, may cause severe droughts in some parts of the world, torrential rains and floods in others, and heat waves in large areas.

The water temperature at the El Niño epicenter may rise to 3.8 degrees above average by the end of 2026, announced Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). "The current El Nino event can reach an unprecedented intensity, to the point of falling just outside the scale used to monitor it in the last four decades. The El Niño episode will reach its peak towards the end of 2026, but its effects will continue to be felt long after that," the official warned. The WMO recalls that the phenomenon changes the normal temperature and precipitation regimes in many regions, may cause severe droughts in some parts of the world, torrential rains and floods in others, and heat waves in large areas.