The climate agency of the United Nations warned that the El Niño phenomenon will be "very intense" until February. The warning highlights the severity of the climate conditions expected for the coming months.
Normally, El Niño peaks at the end of the year, when the surface waters of the Pacific are warmest. However, the heat accumulated in the oceans transfers more slowly to the atmosphere, which causes global temperatures to rise more significantly in the year following the phenomenon's peak.
