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Five ways El Niño is affecting the weather around the world

The strongest El Niño on record is driving wildfires, hurricanes and droughts across Indonesia, the Pacific and beyond, and experts say it will last until at least 2027.

As the strongest El Niño on record continues to intensify, what impacts on weather patterns are already being felt across the globe? Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at the evidence.

The Long Sip
What happened

The strongest El Niño on record is intensifying and already driving extreme weather events across multiple continents and ocean basins.

The detail

Indonesia has lost nearly 895,657 hectares to wildfires since January, and 175,000 people have suffered respiratory illness from toxic haze.

What it means

The World Meteorological Agency says El Niño will strengthen further and persist until at least 2027, meaning more extreme weather lies ahead.

For you

The World Meteorological Agency says this El Niño will persist until at least 2027, so expect ongoing extreme weather to affect travel, food prices and air quality.

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What readers are saying

claire1987
The detail that more than 40,000 of those respiratory cases in Indonesia involve toddlers really stood out. It shows how the toxic haze from the wildfires is hitting the youngest the hardest in practice, especially with school closures adding to the strain.
len1950
That Atlantic season has been unusually quiet.
tomt
If you are tracking storm updates for eastern Australia keep an eye on those western Pacific cyclones because the article says they form further east and have more time to intensify before reaching land.
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