Record El Niño driving extreme weather and flooding worldwide

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 7 Oct, 23:13 · Archive

A record-breaking El Niño is causing extreme heat, flooding and other severe weather around the world.

A record-breaking El Niño is causing extreme weather across the globe. Temperature records have already been broken, with extreme heat reported from western Europe to California, while Bangkok is experiencing massive flooding.

The World Meteorological Organization has warned that this year's El Niño could trigger drought, flooding, landslides, food shortages and cyclones. The phenomenon is projected to cause a further 450,000 deaths globally by February.

How it is being reported

• El Nino forecast update as seven areas face extreme weather chaos and 'cyclones'The World Meteorological Organization has warned this year's record-breaking El Nino could cause drought, flooding, landslides, food shortages and cyclonesThe Mirror · 7 Oct, 22:47
• A ‘Godzilla-level’ El Niño is causing extreme weather conditions around the world – put your questions to our environment writersClimate writers Jonathan Watts and Gabrielle Canon will be online from 4PM BST (11am EDT) on Wednesday to answer your El Niño questions Sign in or sign up to join the conversation This year’s huge El Niño is causing climate chaos around the world. Temperate records have already been broken , with extreme heat reported from western Europe to California . Meanwhile, Bangkok is suffering massive flooding and the weather phenomenon is projected to cause a further 450,000 deaths globally by February. Jonathan Watts , the Guardian’s global environment writer along with extreme weather reporter…The Guardian · 7 Oct, 09:27

In this story: El Niño · Europe · California · Bangkok · World Meteorological Organization

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