The return of El Niño later this year could mean even greater climate anomalies scientists have warned. The hottest year ever recorded was 2016 – the last El Niño year.
What is means is that the likelihood of the following is exacerbated :- Flooding in the Yangtze River basin,; hotter and drier in areas abutting the Western Pacific; floods in Peru; suppressed monsoons in `India and drought in Southern Africa whilst East Africa and southern USA can get more rain. The Amazon could face drier conditions. For the UK it could mean that 2023-24 is a much colder winter, it is unlikely to have developed before the autumn at the earliest. The Met Office have predicted this summer to be hotter than the last in the UK.
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