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A bush fire near Bilpin, NSW during the black summer in 2019-20, the last time an El Nino was in force.
And -- but nothing related to El Nino.
A particular concern: "Water levels in Gatun Lake—located in the center of the canal—could hit record lows in July with the occasional climate event El Nino bringing higher temperatures and less rain."
Source: https://www.newser.com/story/336878/panama-canal-battling-drought-puts-limits-on-ships.html
A study last week however suggests that this cyclical swing — called the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) — affects vast regions of India differently.
Australia faces a high risk bushfire season as it experiences an El Nino weather event, recently announced, which is typically associated with extreme events like wildfires, cyclones and droughts.
El Nino: how will the weather phenomenon affect the UK?
El Nino is associated with warming of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1805456/record-breaking-heat-wave-baking-southern-us-set-to-expand
In Panama, a naturally occurring El Nino climate pattern associated with warmer-than-usual water in the Pacific Ocean is contributing to the drought.
Source: https://gcaptain.com/panama-canal-to-extend-transit-restrictions-for-at-least-10-more-months/
It also comes as El Nino, a global weather phenomenon that comes every three to seven years when the Pacific Ocean heats up and raises global temperatures, is set to wreak havoc on the UK in the coming months.
Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/more-storms-batter-uk-before-30473485
It’s of particular concern this year as an El Nino system churns in the Pacific, pushing warm waters north and east.
Like the rest of east and Horn of Africa, Somalia has been battered by relentless heavy rains that begun in October, caused by the El Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole weather phenomena.
Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/11/25/death-toll-from-flooding/
Meteorologists expect that this El Nino, coupled with excess warming from climate change, will see the world grapple with record-high temperatures.
Mr Watson argues that the BOM's early forecasts in January 2023, before the official El Nino declaration in September, caused farmers to offload their livestock and flood the market, causing prices to plummet.
One 2017 study in an economic journal found El Nino has a “growth-enhancing effect” on the economies of the United States and Europe, while it was costly for Australia, Chile, Indonesia, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa.
One such historically strong El Nino occurrence in 2015-2016, which the World Bank said inflicted $325 million or about P18 billion in damage and production losses to the Philippine agriculture sector.
Source: https://business.inquirer.net/438605/fitch-policy-rates-may-have-hit-their-peak
That has now given way to the warming El Nino, although this is not expected to strengthen until later in the year.
Source: https://www.eyeradio.org/july-to-be-hottest-month-on-record-as-un-warns-of-global-boiling/
The Bureau of Meteorology announced on September 26 that the climate model outlook suggests El Nino will last until at least the end of the 2023/24 summer.
The country is currently enduring an El Nino weather event, which is typically associated with extreme events such as wildfires and cyclones.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-67826312?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has increased its prediction for El Nino this winter from moderate to strong.
Source: https://kpq.com/el-nino-winter-coming-but-wenatchee-region-to-be-cold-early/
The potential impact of a significant El Nino event includes record-breaking global warming, while certain regions, like the southwestern United States, may experience consecutive wet winters following the previous year’s heavy rainfall.