# How El Niño is making the Pacific 'burn with fever'

https://mins.news/en/video/131294

- BBC News, 2026-11-05 19:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yUfifaYgOE

> A wave of intense, sometimes unpredictable storms worsened by El Niño has killed dozens in East Asia, shut major airports and destroyed crops and infrastructure. El Niño is a natural climate pattern in which warm water in the eastern Pacific and shifting winds drive extreme weather worldwide. It occurs roughly every two to seven years and lasts about a year.

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