# Record-breaking El Niño may be forming, strongest in 150 years

https://mins.news/en/item/13636

- CGTN, 2026-08-02 03:14 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-02/Record-breaking-El-Nino-may-be-forming-strongest-in-150-years-1Ph4DMWhV6g/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> The El Niño event currently unfolding in the Pacific continues to intensify, according to the China Meteorological Administration. The agency says the phenomenon could become the strongest recorded in the past 150 years. Its assessment points to a continuing rise in the event’s strength as conditions develop across the Pacific.

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