Warnings issued that El Niño could intensify even further

 The climate phenomenon known as "Super El Niño", which has already triggered historic flooding and prompted maximum-level alerts across Latin America, could intensify even further throughout the remainder of the year, exceeding initial forecasts.

Images from Peru’s National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi) indicate that a second heatwave has developed in the Pacific Ocean.

Specifically, a band of warm water has been observed extending from the coasts of Ecuador and Peru toward the southeastern Pacific, forming what appears to be a second arm branching off from the main body of warm water.

•  This expansion has caused a vast area of ​​the eastern Pacific to experience sea surface temperatures above typical levels, with anomalies exceeding 3°C in some locations.

"I think this year's El Niño event will likely be the most intense in 1,000 years, if the latest models predicting its peak turn out to be accurate," stated climatologist Zeke Hausfather, in remarks reported by the Daily Mail.

Previously, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) projected that there is a nearly 100% chance that the phenomenon will persist at least until February of next year. The WMO explained that anomalous warming in the tropical Pacific is driving it rapidly.

This warning has raised alarms regarding the risk of floods, severe droughts, and intense heatwaves in various regions across the globe.

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