{"id":382923,"date":"2026-09-28T22:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-el-nino-2026-has-scientists-worried-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T22:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:00:21","slug":"why-el-nino-2026-has-scientists-worried-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-el-nino-2026-has-scientists-worried-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Why El Ni\u00f1o 2026 has scientists worried | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ou5wECGoStc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why El Ni\u00f1o 2026 has scientists worried | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ou5wECGoStc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Climate scientists have put out a dire warning about this year\u2019s El Ni\u00f1o; that it will likely be the worst in recorded history. <\/p>\n<p>And if previous \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1os are anything to go by, that means that this cycle will bring extreme weather &#8211; flooding, drought, wildfires, and hunger- across the world.<\/p>\n<p>But how do scientists know what the effects of an El Ni\u00f1o will be? And how do they communicate that information to governments and the public in a way that causes calm preparedness instead of panic?<\/p>\n<p>Tom Di Liberto is a former climate scientist for the US government\u2019s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and a science communicator, who specialises in monitoring El Ni\u00f1o phenomena. He joins Tristan Redman and Asma Khalid on today\u2019s The Global Story.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #elnino #climatechange <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n05:03 What is an El Ni\u00f1o?<br \/>\n07:45 What extreme weather is most likely during an El Ni\u00f1o?<br \/>\n10:05 Impact on global trade<br \/>\n12:11 Projected deaths because of an El Ni\u00f1o<br \/>\n13:44 This is the strongest El Ni\u00f1o in recorded history<br \/>\n15:43 The world&#8217;s ability to mitigate the impacts of a strong El Ni\u00f1o<br \/>\n17:33 Doge cuts, the end of USAID and scientists&#8217; fears<br \/>\n21:31 How to prepare for extreme weather<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate scientists have put out a dire warning about this year\u2019s El Ni\u00f1o; that it will likely be the worst in recorded history. And if previous \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1os are anything to go by, that means that this cycle will bring extreme weather &#8211; flooding, drought, wildfires, and hunger- across the world. But how do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":382924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-382923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why El Ni\u00f1o 2026 has scientists worried | The Global Story | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why El Ni\u00f1o 2026 has scientists worried | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. 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