El Nino set to be most intense ‘for over a century’: UK forecasters
- Met Office predicts ‘unprecedented’ sea surface temperature rise of 3C (5.4F) plus will heighten extreme weather risks.
- The impact of this year’s El Nino event is expected to be the most intense in more than a century, United Kingdom forecasters have warned.
- The effect of the event will drive the risk of drought, high temperatures, intense rainfall and other extreme weather effects, the Met Office said in a statement issued on Friday.
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- Met Office predicts ‘unprecedented’ sea surface temperature rise of 3C (5.4F) plus will heighten extreme weather risks.
- The impact of this year’s El Nino event is expected to be the most intense in more than a century, United Kingdom forecasters have warned.
- The effect of the event will drive the risk of drought, high temperatures, intense rainfall and other extreme weather effects, the Met Office said in a statement issued on Friday.
Sources: Al Jazeera