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Super El Niño threat grows as Pacific Ocean temperatures surge

Climate models are rapidly converging toward the emergence of a powerful El Niño event later this year, as ocean temperatures across the equatorial Pacific accelerate beyond earlier forecasts. Updated projections from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts now place the probability......

European climate model puts odds of a super El Niño by November at 100 percent

Meteorologists are issuing increasingly urgent warnings as the latest long-range forecasting models point to the possible formation later this year of a potentially record-breaking El Niño event, with some projections suggesting it could rank among the most intense in more than a century. The......

China warns of El Niño risk as fossil fuel pressures rise

China’s national climate authorities have signaled the likely emergence of an El Niño event beginning in May 2026, with effects expected to persist through the end of the year. The forecast raises concerns about rising global temperatures and increased climate volatility, though experts......

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes off the coast of El Salvador

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck off the Pacific coast of El Salvador, causing tremors that were felt across parts of Honduras and Nicaragua. Authorities reported no casualties or damage following the seismic event. According to the United States Geological Survey, the......

Pacific: new US strike against suspected drug traffickers leaves three dead

A new United States military strike targeting a vessel suspected of involvement in drug trafficking has left three people dead in the Pacific Ocean, according to an official statement from US authorities. The operation forms part of a broader counter-narcotics campaign that has been underway for the......

Mexico: 28 rescued at Sea, Including 27 teenagers aged 14 to 17

The Mexican Navy has rescued 28 people, nearly all of them minors, from a drifting boat in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Sinaloa state in northwestern Mexico. According to the Sinaloa prosecutor’s office, 27 of those rescued were between 14 and 17 years old, while the 28th was just over 18.......

Mexico’s west coast threatened by hurricane Priscilla

A hurricane has formed off the west coast of Mexico, bringing heavy rains and strong winds along the Pacific shoreline, though it is not expected to make landfall, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC).At 21:00 GMT, the storm — named Priscilla — was located about 470 kilometers......