When an El Nino was last in place, in 2016, the world saw its hottest year on record. This time could even be hotter. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON – El Nino has officially returned and is likely to yield extreme weather later in 2023, from tropical cyclones spinning towards vulnerable Pacific islands to heavy rainfall in South America to drought in Australia.
“In May, weak El Nino conditions emerged as above-average sea surface temperatures strengthened across the equatorial Pacific Ocean,” the advisory said. Australia’s BOM needs things to be hotter, with the key regions of the eastern Pacific 0.8 deg C warmer than average. On Tuesday, Australia issued its own bulletin, noting a 70 per cent chance of El Nino developing in 2023.
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