Met Department director warns of powerful El Nino set to push global temperatures higher

A powerful El Nino phenomenon is expected to develop this summer and strengthen by autumn, threatening to drive global temperatures higher and trigger prolonged droughts. Meteorology Department Director Filippos Tymvios told Phileleftheros that the weather pattern will persist for months, impacting Cyprus and the wider Eastern Mediterranean region already under pressure from the climate crisis.

El Nino is a natural phenomenon occurring in the tropical Pacific Ocean that alters weather...