# What can history’s deadliest ‘super El Niño’ teach us?

https://mins.news/en/video/92914

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-09 10:00 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7stMsoJfE

> How did the 1877 El Niño lead to an estimated 50 million deaths, about 3% of the world’s population at the time? BBC interviews with historians and scientists examine the disaster and lessons for humanity, explain how El Niño forms, and discuss how scientists assess the effect of rising global temperatures on future events.

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