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El Niño is dramatically increasing sea levels – how bad could it get?
Floods, droughts, famine – the record-smashing El Niño that is growing ever stronger is already starting to have massive impacts in many regions around the world.
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The record‑smashing El Niño, now intensifying, is already triggering floods, droughts and famine across multiple regions worldwide. In the eastern Pacific, sea levels have risen dramatically, currently about 40 centimetres above normal. Paul Roundy of the University at Albany notes that a forthcoming strong westerly wind event is expected to push those sea levels even higher over the next few weeks. The combined impacts illustrate how the strengthening El Niño is amplifying extreme weather and oceanic changes.
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