El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather

Meteorologists predict it will be the strongest of century, while UN secretary-general calls it ‘urgent climate warning’El Niño, the climate phenomenon that supercharges weather around the world, has officially arrived and could intensify to historic levels in the fall, US officials said on Thursday.The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) forecasters confirmed the formation of El Niño in the warmer than usual Pacific Ocean near the equator, which affects global weather patterns. Continue reading...