The United Nations has warned that El Nino could become exceptionally powerful and potentially the strongest such event in decades, Al Jazeera reported on September 3, 2026.
The warning indicates that the weather pattern could reach a level described by the UN as “off the charts”. The report provided no further details about the basis for the assessment, the UN body that issued it, or how the possible event would compare with previous El Nino episodes.
Al Jazeera’s report also did not specify when the weather pattern could reach its anticipated strength or how long it might persist. No geographical forecasts, measurements or estimates were included in the source material. The information provided did not identify countries or regions that could be affected.
The source material offered no details about potential consequences for weather, economies, agriculture, public health or communities. It also did not include comments from governments, scientists or other organisations, and gave no information about any preparations or responses linked to the UN warning.
The central point of the report was the scale of the possible El Nino event. By warning that it could be the strongest in decades, the UN drew attention to the potential significance of the developing pattern, although the limited information available did not explain how that conclusion was reached.
No statistics, historical comparisons or technical indicators accompanied the warning in the supplied report. It therefore remains unclear from the available material what threshold would qualify the event as exceptionally strong, which past episode serves as the principal comparison, or whether the assessment represents a forecast or an early warning.
Al Jazeera categorised the report as world news. Beyond the UN’s warning and the description of a potentially unprecedented level of strength in recent decades, no additional claims or context were provided.
Reporting attribution: based on reporting by Al Jazeera — All News — original source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/un-warns-el-nino-could-be-off-the-charts-strongest-in-decades?traffic_source=rss.