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In this programme, the next El Niño could be the strongest in decades, UN warns.
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In this program, we look at one big news story and a vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode,
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A new phase of the natural El Nino weather pattern could begin in a few weeks.
The UN has warned.
El Niño is the name for a natural climate event where seawater temperatures rise in the Pacific Ocean near the equator.
It creates unusually hot and stormy weather.
Several forecasts from national weather agencies suggest it could end up as one of the strongest ever recorded,
a possible so-called super El Niño.
The World Meteorological Organization said this El Nino is likely to strengthen over the rest of 2026,
driving more extreme weather around much of the globe.
Let's have our first headline.
This one is from Reuters.
UN warns of extreme heat risk from El Nino and urges preparedness.
That headline again, and this is from Reuters.
UN warns of extreme heat risk from El Nino and urges preparedness.