El Niño’s Escalating Global Threat

Chronology

1. 03-09-2026
   Supersized El Niño Threatens Global Weather and Economy

   9 articles

   The World Meteorological Organization warns that a rapidly intensifying El Niño could become the strongest recorded in decades, reaching “very strong” levels toward the end of 2026 and continuing through at least February 2027. Tropical Pacific sea-surface temperatures are alread…
2. 23-09-2026
   Super El Niño Could Drive Hundreds of Thousands of Heat Deaths

   3 articles

   University of Chicago’s Climate Impact Lab projects that extreme heat associated with a powerful El Niño could cause about 451,000 excess deaths worldwide compared with a typical year. The estimate is a forecast—not a count of deaths already recorded—and articles describe slightl…
3. 01-11-2026
   Bolivia Declares Emergency as El Niño Intensifies

   3 articles

   Bolivia has declared a nationwide state of emergency as a rapidly strengthening El Niño threatens severe droughts, floods, flash floods and landslides. President Rodrigo Paz’s decree is intended to speed the release of resources, deploy rescue teams and coordinate national and re…