El Niño here, 63% chance it will be super strong: US

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The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts a 63% chance that the upcoming El Niño event will become very strong, ranking among the largest since 1950. This climatic phenomenon could have major global environmental and economic impacts.

The update released late Thursday by Climate Prediction Center and other agencies under US’ National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gave a 63% chance of the El Niño strengthening into a “very strong” event by Nov-Jan “that would rank among the largest El Niño events in the historical record going back to 1950”.