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Story summary
- El Niño has returned and is on track to be the strongest in nearly 80 years.
- Scientists say the strong El Niño is nudging up global temperatures and prompting dry spells and crop failures.
- Ethiopia’s highlands are enduring one of their driest summer stretches in four decades.
- Kenya is seeing a poor maize harvest.
- Panama has not seen a major storm since early May, raising concerns for water-dependent canal operations.
