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]

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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. · BBC Weather

Dame Angela Eagle stated that the UK is about to experience probably the largest El Nino that has ever been seen. · Daily Mirror

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

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

Forecasters at the Met Office see signals for increased rainfall and storminess in the UK, especially into November and December. · BBC Weather

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

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

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