A plague of record temperatures, torrential rain and droughts are set to make life a misery for the planet, following confirmation of the return of climate phenomenon El Niño.
The cyclical warming of the world’s oceans and weather sparks tropical cyclones in the Pacific and only happens once every three to seven years.
The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared El Niño was underway, after the past three years were dominated by the cooler La Niña climate pattern.
