WMO urges calm and preparedness as El Niño intensifies, citing Panama and Peru

WMO chief Celeste Saulo calls for calm and preventive action as El Niño is forecast to persist through February 2027.

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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) called for calm and preventive measures regarding the upcoming El Niño, which it said will be very strong in the coming months. ^[1] Wilfran Moufouma-Okia, head of Climate Prediction at the WMO, said forecasts indicate a near 100% probability that El Niño will persist during September and November and remain active until February 2027. ^[2] The WMO stated there is a probability close to 100% that El Niño will continue until February 2027. ^[3] The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on 2026-08-15 that the El Niño phenomenon will intensify over the coming months and could become a very strong episode by the end of 2026. ^[4] The WMO bulletin states that the most serious social impact of El Niño will be decreased agricultural production, leading to food insecurity and higher prices for millions of people worldwide. ^[5] WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said in a press conference that El Niño does not have to be a recipe for disaster and that the WMO has the forecasts and anticipation capacity needed to save lives and protect livelihoods. ^[6] Temperatures in the tropical Pacific are driving the development of the phenomenon, with waters in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific remaining above average and continuing to warm. ^[7] The WMO warned that the intensifying El Niño increases the risk of droughts, floods, and extreme heat in different regions of the planet. ^[8]

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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) called for calm and preventive measures regarding the upcoming El Niño, which it said will be very strong in the coming months. · Crítica

Wilfran Moufouma-Okia, head of Climate Prediction at the WMO, said forecasts indicate a near 100% probability that El Niño will persist during September and November and remain active until February 2027. · Crítica

The WMO stated there is a probability close to 100% that El Niño will continue until February 2027. · Diario Occidente

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on 2026-08-15 that the El Niño phenomenon will intensify over the coming months and could become a very strong episode by the end of 2026. · Diario Occidente

The WMO bulletin states that the most serious social impact of El Niño will be decreased agricultural production, leading to food insecurity and higher prices for millions of people worldwide. · Crítica

WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said in a press conference that El Niño does not have to be a recipe for disaster and that the WMO has the forecasts and anticipation capacity needed to save lives and protect livelihoods. · Crítica

Temperatures in the tropical Pacific are driving the development of the phenomenon, with waters in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific remaining above average and continuing to warm. · Diario Occidente

The WMO warned that the intensifying El Niño increases the risk of droughts, floods, and extreme heat in different regions of the planet. · Diario Occidente

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