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Evening Standard
Rebecca Speare-Cole

UN scientists reveal when El Niño weather event is likely to return this summer

An “El Nino” global weather event is now 80 per cent likely to happen this summer, according to scientists at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

The UN body has warned countries to prepare for the natural phenomenon, which sees the warming of sea surface temperature in the tropical Pacific Ocean push up global temperatures, compounding human-driven climate change and triggering even more extreme weather.

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