The minute
- The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated that the current El Niño could reach the highest intensity in a thousand years.
- The phenomenon is expected to last until February 2027, extending the window for extreme weather events.
- The WMO warned that the El Niño’s scale increases the risk of more frequent and more powerful climate extremes globally.
Why it matters
El Niño events of this magnitude reshape climate patterns across continents, intensifying droughts, floods and heatwaves. The prolonged duration through early 2027 compounds risks for agriculture, infrastructure and disaster preparedness worldwide.
The WMO described the episode as having “gigantic proportions,” signaling that governments and supply chains face an extended period of climate volatility. Stronger El Niño cycles are consistent with scientific projections linking rising global temperatures to more extreme oscillations in the Pacific, via ClimaInfo
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