Nearly half a million people across the world could lose their lives by February due to El Niño-driven extreme heat, according to a sobering new report.
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BENGALURU, India (AP) — This year's powerful El Nino and the record global heat it's driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies, could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by the end of February,…
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis More than 450,000 people are projected to die from the additional heat brought by the super El Niño in the next six months, according to estimates by climate scientists.
A new Climate Impact Lab report warned that the El Nino heat will be most dangerous in places that are already hot and relatively poor. Meanwhile, Canada says PM Modi just confirmed a trip to the nation. Follow live.
Researchers project nearly half a million more heat-related deaths from June 2026 to February 2027 compared with a typical year, as a result of El Niño.
Nearly half a million people across the world could lose their lives by February due to El Niño-driven extreme heat, according to a sobering new report.
A new report describes this year's El Niño as a "postcard from the future," delivering unusually warm temperatures that will become normal in just a few decades.
A study by the Climate Impact Lab predicts that El Niño-driven heat will cause approximately 451,000 deaths worldwide and 1,000 deaths in California between June 2026 and February 2027.
Researchers at the University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab combined temperature forecasts with research on how heat affects death rates in more than 24,000 regions worldwide and found that the super El Niño could cause an estimated 451,000 additional heat-related deaths worldwide between now and …
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. More than 450,000 people are projected to die from the additional heat brought by the super El Niño by February, according to estimates by climate scientists.
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