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El Niño to be 'strongest in living memory'. Should Europe be worried?

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 962 words · By Liam Gilliver
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Experts warn that 2027 could be the hottest year on record globally, as a powerful El Niño clashes with human-caused climate change.

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What happened

Experts warn that 2027 could be the hottest year on record globally, as a powerful El Niño clashes with human-caused climate change.

Why it matters

The El Niño event developing in the Pacific Ocean could be the strongest in more than a 100 years, as the world braces for even more extreme weather.

Common ground

According to the UK Met Office, 2027 is "very likely" to become the hottest year on record, as the natural weather phenomenon clashes with human-caused climate change.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/el-nino-to-strengthen-rapidly-and-fuel-extre…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Experts warn that 2027 could be the hottest year on record globally”
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Multiple independent web sources (Herald, Outlook India) report that experts and climate scientists forecast 2027 to be the hottest year on record.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2027 (MMXXVII) is the upcoming year, which will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2027th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 27th year …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in France on 18 April 2027, with a second round on 2 May if no candidate secures a majority vote. The election may be held earlier under exceptional cir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_French_presidential_elect…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Eurovision Song Contest 2027 is the upcoming 71st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will consist of two semi-finals on 11 and 13 May and a final on 15 May 2027, held at Arena Burgas in Bu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2027
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Claim 2: “According to the UK Met Office, 2027 is "very likely" to become the hottest year on record”
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The Herald reports that Met Office climate scientist Dr. Nick Dunstone stated 2027 is 'very likely' to replace 2024 as the hottest year on record.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026–27 European windstorm season is the current and twelfth occurrence of the continent's coordinated of severe weather naming programme. While the official list of names is usually unveiled on o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–27_European_windstorm_sea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Man of Tomorrow is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the DC Comics characters Superman and Lex Luthor. Written and directed by James Gunn, it will be the fourth film in the DC Universe (DC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Tomorrow_(film)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The November 2025 United Kingdom budget was delivered to the House of Commons by Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 26 November 2025. The budget's main announcements included extending…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2025_United_Kingdom_b…
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Claim 3: “Most El Niño events have temporarily increased global average temperatures by around 0.2℃.”
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Claim 4: “A rapid attribution analysis from World Weather Attribution (WWA) found that daytime highs and overnight temperatures seen during the recent heat dome would have been “virtually impossible to occur at this time of year” as recently as 1976”
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Claim 5: “South America, the southern US, East Africa and Central Asia have all experienced heightened flood risks during previous El Niño events”
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No specific evidence was returned in the search results to confirm or deny the flood risks in these specific regions during previous events.
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Claim 6: “a positive Indian Ocean Dipole... is forecast.”
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Cross-references and web search results (Weatherzone, other reports) confirm a forecast for a positive Indian Ocean Dipole.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Subtropical Indian Ocean Dipole (SIOD) is featured by the oscillation of sea surface temperatures (SST) in which the southwest Indian Ocean i.e. south of Madagascar is warmer and then colder than …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropical_Indian_Ocean_Dipol…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is an irregular oscillation of sea surface temperatures in which the western Indian Ocean becomes alternately warmer (positive phase) and then colder (negative phase) tha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Dipole
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Southeast Asian haze is a fire-related recurrent transboundary air pollution issue. Haze events, where air quality reaches hazardous levels due to high concentrations of airborne particulate matte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asian_haze
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Claim 7: “The El Niño event developing in the Pacific Ocean could be the strongest in more than a 100 years”
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The Met Office and other reports explicitly state the developing El Niño is likely to be the strongest in more than 100 years. Wikipedia also references a 2026-2027 event of historic severity.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The forecast for the 2026–2027 El Niño is of such historic severity that the World Meteorological Organization has reported it will be the largest El Niño in at least 1,000 years. Colloquially referre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–2027_El_Niño_event
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2014–2016 El Niño was one of the strongest El Niño events on record, with unusually warm waters developing between the coast of South America and the International Date Line. These unusually warm …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014–2016_El_Niño_event
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Claim 8: “El Niño (Spanish for ‘the boy’) is a natural weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly – every two to seven years on average – when sea temperatures in the Eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm.”
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The definition and frequency (2-7 years) of El Niño are confirmed by authoritative sources including NASA and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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web search NEUTRAL — El Niño is a natural climate pattern that occurs every two to seven years, when unusually warm Pacific Ocean waters alter global weather, causing floods, droughts, and marine ecosystem disruptions. ef…
https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-learning-hub/ocean-topics/how-the…
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web search NEUTRAL — A natural weather pattern called El Niño - which could bring extreme weather to many parts of the world - has begun, US scientists say. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj97npgk92po
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web search NEUTRAL — El Niño events occur roughly every two to seven years, as the warm cycle alternates irregularly with its sibling La Niña—a cooling pattern in the eastern Pacific—and with neutral conditions.
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/explore/el-nino/
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Claim 9: “The natural phenomenon could increase the likelihood of more unsettled conditions later in the year, such as a milder, wetter and windier autumn and early winter [in Europe]”
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Claim 10: “Its latest multi-model forecasts indicate seasonal-average sea-surface temperature anomalies could exceed 2.9°C in key monitoring regions.”
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Three independent web sources (Sigma Earth, K24 Digital, The Watchers) confirm WMO multi-model forecasts indicating sea-surface temperature anomalies could exceed 2.9°C.
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web search NEUTRAL — Its multi-model ensemble places the seasonal-average sea-surface temperature anomaly near +2.9°C (+5.2°F) in key El Niño monitoring regions, with the intensification trajectory peaking in November.
https://watchers.news/2026/08/25/global-sea-surface-temperat…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to WMO’s latest Global Seasonal Climate Update , multi-model forecasts indicate that seasonal-average sea surface temperature anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region are likely to exceed 2.9°C , si…
https://sigmaearth.com/wmo-predicts-stronger-el-nino-conditi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The update shows that seasonal-average sea surface temperature anomalies linked to El Niño are projected to exceed 2.9°C in key monitoring regions, according to forecasts from leading global climate c…
https://k24.digital/news/el-nino-alert-wmo-warns-of-possible…
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Claim 11: “The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says that the El Niño event... is expected to "dominate climate patterns" from August to October 2026”
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Multiple sources, including WMO reports via Geneva and Ajel English, confirm the expectation that El Niño will dominate climate patterns from August to October 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–2024 El Niño was regarded as the fifth-most powerful El Niño–Southern Oscillation event in recorded history, resulting in widespread droughts, flooding and other natural disasters across the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–2024_El_Niño_event
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The forecast for the 2026–2027 El Niño is of such historic severity that the World Meteorological Organization has reported it will be the largest El Niño in at least 1,000 years. Colloquially referre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–2027_El_Niño_event
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Super El Niño" events, officially called very strong El Niño events, are climatic phenomena resulting from the average sea surface temperatures in parts of the Pacific Ocean rising by 2° Celsius or m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_El_Niño_events
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Claim 12: “this is why 2025 was the third warmest year on record – hotter than the El Niño year of 2016”
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Claim 13: “Previous El Niño events, such as the one that formed in May 2023 and lasted until March 2024, for example, contributed towards record-breaking heat.”
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Wikipedia confirms the 2023-2024 El Niño event was one of the most powerful on record and resulted in widespread disasters and heat.
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web search NEUTRAL — Solution for Find the equation of line b described below, in slope-intercept form. Line a is parallel to line b. Line a passes through the points (1,4) and (2,…
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web search NEUTRAL — Go to your game boa Questi answe A line passes through the points (9, 8) and (0, 7). What is its equation in slope-intercept form? 22 Write your answer using integers, proper fractions, and improper f…
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web search NEUTRAL — Solution for find an equation of a line parallel to the given line and contains the given point. Write the equation in slope-intercept form. line…
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Claim 14: “droughts and wildfire risks rise across large parts of Australia, northern parts of South America and in certain Asian countries such as Indonesia [during El Niño].”
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No specific evidence was returned in the search results to confirm or deny the drought and wildfire risks in these specific regions during El Niño.
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Claim 15: “it is unlikely to impact Europe’s 2026 summer.”
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Claim 16: “Climate change, on the other hand, has pushed the global surface (sea and air) temperature up by approximately 1.3 - 1.5℃ compared to pre-industrial levels.”
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