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After months of warning, experts have confirmed that the ocean-warming event El Niño is here and will gradually strengthen into the winter, with a potential worldwide climate impact.

Forecasting hurricanes is a tricky science.

The effects of El Niño, which was confirmed last week by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is feared to bring extreme conditions to the planet

The climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean can affect weather around the world and contribute to extreme weather events

The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has officially declared El Niño is underway and scientists warn it could bring record hot temperatures and contribute to extreme events including droughts, cyclones and infectious diseases

After months of warning, experts have confirmed that the ocean-warming event El Niño is here and will gradually strengthen into the winter, with a potential worldwide climate impact.

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared on Thursday that the El Nino climate pattern is now underway, bringing the threat of more frequent tropical cyclones in the Pacific, increased rainfall and flooding in parts of the Americas and rising temperatures across the globe.

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An El Nino is a natural, temporary and occasional warming of part of the Pacific that shifts weather patterns across the globe, often by moving the airborne paths for storms.