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title: "El Niño: State of Emergency"
date: 2015-12-22T21:38:36Z
modified: 2023-09-12T14:37:54Z
permalink: "https://350.org/el-nino-state-of-emergency/"
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status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 44979
categories:
  - Climate Impacts
  - Featured
  - Global
  - Location
tags:
  - El Nino
featured_image: /wp-content/uploads/2015/12/impacts-elnino-map-share-img.png
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**Intensified by climate change, this El Niño is exceeding previous records** and it is on track to unleashing severe and destructive extreme weather in the coming months.

**“This El Niño is playing out in uncharted territory. Our planet has altered dramatically because of climate change.”**

— Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization







**Preparation and action is needed now to prevent frightening scenarios of loss and destruction.**One city and five countries have already declared a state of emergency due to the El Niño, while the United Nations has deployed emergency resources to a further 10 countries. The number of places facing a state of emergency is expected to increase considerably in coming months.

[Read more here.](https://350.org/el-nino/)

[![impacts-elnino-map-share-img](https://350.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/impacts-elnino-map-share-img-1024x750.png)

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