Category El Nino Alert

Met Office Data Confirms Record Drop Of Global Temperatures

New official data issued by the Met Office confirms that world average temperatures have plummeted since the middle of the year at a faster and steeper rate than at any time in the recent past. Cooling: New Met Office world…

Apocalyptic Drought Strikes Haiti

Haiti’s third consecutive year of drought, exacerbated by the global El Niño weather phenomenon, has driven people deeper into poverty and hunger, and doubled the severely food-insecure population, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said yesterday.   Some 3.6…

Severe rainfall causes flooding and landslides in parts of Ecuador

Heavy rain between 19 and 20 January 2016 caused flooding in the Manabí and Guayas provinces. The cities of Chone and Portoviejo were some of the worst affected in Manabí. Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, damaged several houses and caused chaos…