The United Nations has warned that the world has entered an 'extreme weather danger zone' after an El Niño event was confirmed, with expectations that it will strengthen into a 'super El Niño' within months and peak toward the end of this year.

El Niño is a natural climate pattern marked by warming of sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific, which exerts a powerful influence on global weather. Its intensification is expected to produce significant shifts in rainfall and temperature patterns around the world.

Meteorologists said a super El Niño could bring both drought and flooding to different regions, disrupt monsoon seasons, threaten agriculture and water supplies, and increase the likelihood of heatwaves and other extreme events in vulnerable areas.

The UN urged governments to prepare, warning that the climate phenomenon, layered on top of long-term global warming, could amplify risks to food security, public health and infrastructure across the globe.

Scientists noted that while El Niño is naturally occurring, its effects are now unfolding in a warmer world, making record-breaking conditions more likely and raising the stakes for early-warning systems and climate adaptation efforts.