El Niño is here, so what does it mean?

Published June 17, 2026 · Category: News

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Forecasters are warning that a new El Niño weather pattern could bring strong impacts to areas around the world. In this 2024 photo, dramatically low water levels are seen in a<strong> </strong>reservoir feeding the Guavio Hydroelectric Power Plant in Gachalá, in Colombia

An El Niño has formed amid the warmer-than-normal waters in the tropical Pacific. Now it's a question of how intense the phenomenon will be, and where effects like heat and drought will strike.

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(Image credit: Jhojan Hilarion)

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