What a record-breaking El Nino could mean for the world

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 21, 2026 · 86 words · By Video by Camille KNIGHT

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This year's El Nino is on track to be the strongest on record, threatening to unleash extreme weather across the globe and make 2027 the hottest recorded year by far.

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What happened

This year's El Nino is on track to be the strongest on record, threatening to unleash extreme weather across the globe and make 2027 the hottest recorded year by far.

Why it matters

It is expected to be the most "intense" El Nino in more than a century, the head of long-range forecasting at the UK's Met Office warned on Friday.

Common ground

Stacked on top of long-term human-caused climate change, the temporary jolt will offer a glimpse of the heat the world can expect by the late 2030s, experts say.

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Claim 1: “make 2027 the hottest recorded year by far”

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Two independent news sources (Phys and EuroNews) report that experts warn 2027 could be the hottest recorded year globally.

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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 — 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: “This year's El Nino is on track to be the strongest on record”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that the forecast for the 2026–2027 El Niño is of 'historic severity' and reported by the World Meteorological Organization as the largest in at least 1,000 years, supporting the claim that it is on track to be the strongest on record.

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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 — "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 3: “It is expected to be the most "intense" El Nino in more than a century, the head of long-range forecasting at the UK's Met Office warned on Friday.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Adam Scaife, the head of long-range forecasting at the UK's Met Office, warned that the event was expected to be the most intense in more than a century and described it as 'unprecedented'. Wikipedia confirms Adam Scaife's role at the Met Office.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adam A. Scaife is a British physicist and head of long range prediction at the Met Office. He is also a professor at Exeter University. Scaife carries out research into long range weather forecasting …
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