Developing El Niño becomes strongest on record weeks before expected peak
- Image source, Anadolou/Getty ImagesImage caption, Wildfires fuelled by El Niño are affecting around 12.5 million people across Indonesia, according to the country's health ministry.
- ByBen RichLead Weather Presenter and Simon King Lead Weather PresenterThe developing El Niño climate phenomenon is now the strongest on record, according to scientists monitoring Pacific Ocean temperatures.
- Daily sea surface temperatures in a key region of the central-eastern Pacific were 3.05C above average on 19 September - exceeding the previous record of 3.02C set during the very strong El Niño of 2015.
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- Image source, Anadolou/Getty ImagesImage caption, Wildfires fuelled by El Niño are affecting around 12.5 million people across Indonesia, according to the country's health ministry.
- ByBen RichLead Weather Presenter and Simon King Lead Weather PresenterThe developing El Niño climate phenomenon is now the strongest on record, according to scientists monitoring Pacific Ocean temperatures.
- Daily sea surface temperatures in a key region of the central-eastern Pacific were 3.05C above average on 19 September - exceeding the previous record of 3.02C set during the very strong El Niño of 2015.
Sources: BBC News