# Met Office warns UK for stormy autumn and cold winter due to El Niño

The Met Office predicts a wet, stormy autumn and potential cold winter for the UK as a developing El Niño intensifies.

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The Met Office states that the developing El Niño phenomenon will likely cause wet and stormy weather in the UK during autumn and early winter. [^1]

Dame Angela Eagle stated that the UK is about to experience probably the largest El Nino that has ever been seen. [^2]

UK Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle urged the public to store food and water supplies that would last a few days in the event of a climate disaster. [^3]

Climate change is making increasingly intense rainfall more likely, meaning the storms and downpours associated with El Niño will bring a threat of flooding. [^4]

Forecasters at the Met Office see signals for increased rainfall and storminess in the UK, especially into November and December. [^5]

Professor Adam Scaife, head of long-range forecasts at the Met Office, stated that the scale of the current El Niño is unprecedented in modern climate records. [^6]

UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that El Nino is being supersized before the world's eyes and that the planet is in uncharted waters. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. The Met Office states that the developing El Niño phenomenon will likely cause wet and stormy weather in the UK during autumn and early winter. (BBC Weather, News)
2. Dame Angela Eagle stated that the UK is about to experience probably the largest El Nino that has ever been seen. (Daily Mirror, News)
3. UK Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle urged the public to store food and water supplies that would last a few days in the event of a climate disaster. (Daily Mirror, News)
4. Climate change is making increasingly intense rainfall more likely, meaning the storms and downpours associated with El Niño will bring a threat of flooding. (BBC Weather, News)
5. Forecasters at the Met Office see signals for increased rainfall and storminess in the UK, especially into November and December. (BBC Weather, News)
6. Professor Adam Scaife, head of long-range forecasts at the Met Office, stated that the scale of the current El Niño is unprecedented in modern climate records. (BBC Weather, News)
7. UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that El Nino is being supersized before the world's eyes and that the planet is in uncharted waters. (Daily Mirror, News)

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