INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Temperatures are expected to soar further across large parts of the world after the El Nino weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific
for the first time in seven years, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday.El Nino, a warming of water surface temperatures in
the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, is linked to extreme weather conditions from tropical cyclones to heavy rainfall to severe
droughts.The statement from the global body confirmed a report last month from the U.S
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration&s Climate Prediction Center that the phenomenon had returned.The world&s hottest year on
record, 2016, coincided with a strong El Nino & though experts say climate change has fuelled extreme temperatures even in years without the
phenomenon.But that record could soon be broken, according to WMO.The organization said in May that there was a strong likelihood that at
least one of the next five years, and the five-year period as a whole, would be the warmest on record due to El Nino and anthropogenic
global warming.&To tell you whether it be this year or next year is difficult,& Wilfran Moufouma Okia, Head of Regional Climate Prediction
Service at WMO, told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.&What we know is that throughout the next five years, we are likely to have one of the
warmest years on record.&During El Nino, winds blowing west along the equator slow down, and warm water is pushed east, creating warmer
surface ocean temperatures.The phenomenon occurs on average every two to seven years, and can last nine to 12 months, according to the
WMO.It is typically associated with increased rainfall in parts of southern South America, the southern United States, the Horn of Africa
and Central Asia.In the past, it has caused severe droughts in Australia, Indonesia, parts of southern Asia, Central America and northern
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