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Developing El Niño becomes strongest on record weeks before expected peak
Scientists say the developing El Niño is now the strongest on record with weather impacts already being felt around the world.
BBC World•
Wildfires fuelled by El Niño are affecting around 12.5 million people across Indonesia, according to the country's health ministry.
The developing El Niño climate phenomenon is now the strongest on record, according to scientists monitoring Pacific Ocean temperatures.
Daily sea surface temperatures in a key region of the central-eastern Pacific were 3.05C above average on 19 September - exceeding the previous record of 3.02C set during the very strong El Niño of 2015.
And the unprecedented strength of this El Niño does not necessarily mean it will have unprecedented impacts on the weather.