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DISASTER● ELEVATED2h ago · Oct 1, 2026, 2:00 PM

This year’s El Niño looks a lot like 1997. What happened then?

The Hill · global

Columbia University climate scientist Azhar Ehsan said in a September media briefing that this year's atmospheric evolution looks similar to that of 1997, when one of the strongest-ever El Niños formed.

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