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California Declares El Niño Emergency for El Niño Winter

By Drooid · Sep 27, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC · How we work

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Newsom Declares Emergency

Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency in California for the El Niño winter.
Federal forecasters gave a 75 percent chance of a historic, very strong El Niño during October-December.
Meteorologist Heather Zons warned the amplified subtropical jet could funnel rain into Arizona and New Mexico towns and roads.
California’s emergency order tasks the Water Resources Department with preparing sandbags, pumps, and road-closure gear.

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UN Warns Hunger

Climate Impact Lab projects 451,000 extra heat-related deaths worldwide by February 2027.
Nigeria faces the highest burden with an estimated 31,400 additional heat deaths.
UN warns combined heat, drought and flood effects could push 49 million people into acute hunger.
Researchers urge early heat-warning systems, health action plans and expanded cooling centers to reduce fatalities.
El Niño-driven warming may add about 1.2 °C to land averages, raising extreme-heat days by 44 %.

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Newsom Declares Emergency

Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency in California for the El Niño winter.
Federal forecasters gave a 75 percent chance of a historic, very strong El Niño during October-December.
Meteorologist Heather Zons warned the amplified subtropical jet could funnel rain into Arizona and New Mexico towns and roads.
California’s emergency order tasks the Water Resources Department with preparing sandbags, pumps, and road-closure gear.

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