As El Niño Intensifies – WMO Warns Policymakers to Brace for Escalating Impacts on Health Worldwide

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The World Meteorological Organization warns that intensifying El Niño conditions will lead to extreme weather events such as rainfall fluctuations, heatwaves, and drought across multiple regions worldwide from July to September. This will have significant impacts on global health due to weather-related challenges.

The El Niño conditions that bring extreme rainfall, heat waves and drought to different parts of the world are set to intensify further during the July-September period this year, said the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). While the Indian subcontinent has to brace for below-normal rainfall, parts of Africa and southern Europe will see above-normal rainfall, […]