# El Niño reaches century-high intensity, threatens more extreme weather in 2027

https://mins.news/en/video/32907

- France 24 English, 2026-08-26 10:09 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZYdRMSZNTA

> Panama on Tuesday became the latest Central American country, after Honduras and El Salvador, to declare an emergency over El Niño. The weather pattern has already led to reduced shipping through the Panama Canal and is altering winds, rainfall and global temperatures, raising the risk of more erratic weather in 2027.

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- [Global impacts of El Niño](https://mins.news/en/topic/el-nino-global-impacts) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/el-nino-global-impacts.md

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