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'Supersized' El Niño may become strongest ever recorded: UN weather agency

GENEVA: The El Nino weather phenomenon is set to intensify further into 2027 and ​could be the strongest ever, raising risks ​of extreme weather into next year, the World Meteorological Organization said on ​Thursday.

The U.N. weather agency said its forecasts showed a near 100% likelihood that El Nino would persist through February 2027, fuelled by exceptionally warm Pacific Ocean temperatures. This is the first time it has expressed such a degree of certainty, the WMO said.

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