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Euronews • June 12, 2026 07:47

El Niño is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires

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NOAA has officially confirmed the start of El Niño, which is set to worsen global warming from the burning of fossil fuels.

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