Super El Nino A ‘Significant’ Threat To World Health, UN Warns
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UN warns super El Nino is a 'significant' threat
El Nino represents a "significant" threat to global health, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as the world braces for a cycle of the climate phenomenon predicted to be the most intense on record. Tied to warming surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, the natural weather pattern is linked to higher temperatures alongside periods of both extreme drought and widespread flooding, with its influence already being felt from central America to …
Representatives of the World Meteorological Organization and the World Health Organization have issued an urgent warning against the devastating effects of the rapidly intensifying El Nino weather event on climate and public health. Stating that record temperatures have been left behind, experts stressed that the effects of the wave, which is expected to peak at the end of 2026, could last until 2027.
The United Nations has warned that the El Niño phenomenon poses a serious threat to global health. Meanwhile, residents of affected areas are bracing for this year's El Niño cycle, which is predicted to be the strongest on record.
The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm about the effects that the current El Niño episode, considered possibly the most intense in the last four decades, is having on public health.
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