El Niño will hit this summer with 80 per cent certainty, according to the latest forecast by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) – and Europe should brace for more extreme heat, with some areas at heightened risk of drought and flooding.
Over the past week, parts of Western Europe suffered record-breaking spring temperatures as a powerful heat dome formed. Spells like this are likely to become more intense, longer and more frequent as El Niño takes hold – and scientists warn it could stretch all the way to 2028.
