# UN warns El Niño will intensify before peaking in December

https://mins.news/en/item/90872

- France 24, 2026-10-08 06:09 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20261008-el-nino-set-to-intensify-before-peaking-in-december-un-warns

> The United Nations warned on Thursday that El Niño will grow stronger before reaching its peak in December, raising temperatures across much of the planet and adding to the effects of human-caused climate change. The World Meteorological Organization said it could be the strongest such event since at least 1950.

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