El Niño 90% likely to hit Asia by November, UN warns.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says there is a 90% chance El Niño will form before November, and an 80% chance before September. The UN has warned the world must prepare for the imminent return of this powerful natural weather pattern, which will raise global temperatures and bring extreme weather. Forecasters project a potentially strong El Niño this year. For Asia, this could mean disaster for heatwave-hit India, heavy rain for China, and damaged crops across south-east Asia. The pattern is described as “unpredictable and extreme.”