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UN warns El Niño to intensify heat, threaten 90 M workers

8/1/2026

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that a strengthening El Niño will intensify extreme weather.
Guterres said heat is killing people daily and endangering 90 million garment workers.
Forecasts predict temperatures up to 2.9 °C above normal this fall, drought risk in Indonesia, India, Australia and parts of South America, and above-average rainfall in Southern Europe and the United States.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that a strengthening El Niño will intensify extreme weather.
Guterres said heat is killing people daily and endangering 90 million garment workers.
Forecasts predict temperatures up to 2.9 °C above normal this fall, drought risk in Indonesia, India, Australia and parts of South America, and above-average rainfall in Southern Europe and the United States.