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U.K. forecasts ‘biggest’ El Nino will smash records, spark hottest year
El Nino typically results in drier conditions across southeast Asia, Australia, southern Africa, and northern Brazil, and wetter conditions in the Horn of Africa, the southern U.S., Peru and Ecuador
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Britain's national weather agency and the have forecast the 'biggest' **El Nino** event in over a century for 2026/2027. This unprecedented warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean is expected to push global temperatures significantly higher, potentially making 2027 the hottest year on record and causing severe disruptions to global weather patterns, including drought in India and South America.
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