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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Shauna Corr

Experts sound alarm for global heatwaves sparked by El Niño weather phenomenon

Governments around the world are being urged to get ready for a surge in temperatures and severe weather that could impact our health, ecosytems and economies and hit 1.5 degrees of global warming.

The World Meteoroligcal Organization warned on Tuesday that El Niño conditions have developed in the Pacific for the first time in seven years.

El Niño is a naturally occurring weather pattern that comes into play between every two and seven years on average.

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