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Reports say super El Niño will peak only in December 2026
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According to reports, super El Niño will peak only in December 2026; preliminary reports also say temperatures in Yangsan, South Korea, reached 42.4 degrees Celsius in early August, the highest recorded in the country since observations began in 1904. A group of scientists from the University of Chicago’s climate laboratory said its study estimates that deaths from extreme temperatures could reach 451 from June 2026 to February 2027.
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Meduza states: Super El Niño will peak only in December 2026.
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A group of scientists from the University of Chicago’s climate laboratory said that, from June 2026 to February 2027, the total number of deaths from extreme temperatures could reach 451.
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The World Food Programme states: The World Food Programme warned that, because of El Niño-related droughts and transport problems, at least 49 million people will begin to go hungry by the end of 2027.
Meduza states: In early August, temperatures in Yangsan, South Korea, reached 42.4 degrees Celsius, the highest recorded in the country since observations began in 1904.
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Meduza states: By mid-August, 31 people had died from the heat in South Korea.
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Meduza states: Summer 2026 was the third hottest on record in Europe, after 2024 and 2022.
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Meduza states: Summer 2026 was the hottest on record in Western Europe.
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Climatologists states: Climatologists calculated that temperatures were above 30 degrees on at least 17 days this summer across 60% of Western Europe.
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