After three years of the cooler La Nina pattern, which often lowers global temperatures slightly, the hotter El Nino is back, said the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
centuries ago when Peruvian fishermen named the weather phenomenon after the newborn Christ, according to the Met Office.
After three years of the cooler La Nina pattern, which often lowers global temperatures slightly, the hotter El Nino is back. For the next few months, during the northern hemisphere summer, El Nino will mostly be felt in the southern hemisphere with"minimal impacts" in North America, Ms L'Heureux said.
More intense weather events may include tropical cyclones moving towards vulnerable Pacific islands, heavy rainfall in South America and droughts in Australia.El Nino could also hit palm oil and rice production in Indonesia, as well as Malaysia - which supply 80% of the world's palm oil - and Thailand.
"The onset of El Nino has implications for placing 2023 in the running for warmest year on record when combined with climate-warming background," University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd told NBC News.
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