Climate-warming El Niño very likely in 2019, says UN agency

Natural cycle has major influence on global weather, bringing droughts and floods

There is a 75-80% chance of a climate-warming El Nino event by February, according to the latest analysis from the UN's World Meteorological Organization.

The last El Nino event ended in 2016 and helped make that year the hottest ever recorded by adding to the heating caused by humanity's carbon emissions. The 2019 event is not currently forecast to be as strong as in 2016.