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Incoming El Niño Is So Extreme It Lacks a Scientific Name

Original: Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name

Climate watchers are warning that the El Niño event now developing in the Pacific could be so intense it falls outside existing scientific classification. Reporting by Inside Climate News highlights concerns that this cycle may exceed the categories scientists normally use to describe El Niño strength, raising fears of severe heat, drought and flooding impacts worldwide.

Why now: A new El Niño is forming and forecasts suggest it could be unusually powerful, prompting widespread concern about global climate impacts.

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