El Niño expected to intensify in Vietnam late this year
Vietnam News 18:27 16/07/2026Vietnam’s national weather agency said there is an 81-percent chance of an El Niño event reaching very strong intensity from October to December this year, raising concerns about extreme weather and water management challenges nationwide.
Vietnam faces El Niño-driven risks of heat, drought, strong storms
Vietnam News 13:55 24/06/2026Vietnam is likely to face a combination of severe heat, drought, and an increased risk of intense storms and extreme rainfall due to the developing El Niño event, a senior meteorologist said on Tuesday.
India likely won't export sugar for years as El Nino, ethanol squeeze supply
World 14:29 22/06/2026India, once the world's second-largest sugar exporter, is expected to have little surplus for export for at least three more seasons as El Nino weather conditions threaten cane production and rising ethanol demand squeezes supply.
Ample world inventories may soften El Nino food supply shock
World 16:41 19/06/2026SINGAPORE - A super El Nino is likely to unsettle global weather and threaten food output in the coming months, but near record world inventories, expectations of near-normal conditions in some key producing regions and advanced planning could limit the fallout.
Strong El Nino raises risk of severe heatwaves across Vietnam
Vietnam News 17:42 17/06/2026Vietnam might face a period of intense and prolonged heat and drought as a powerful El Nino event is forecast to develop and strengthen through the end of 2026 and persist into early 2027, officials from the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration told a regular press briefing held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on Wednesday.
Australia declares El Nino set to be strongest in decades
World 15:31 16/06/2026Australia's weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the second half of 2026 to become one of the strongest in seven decades.
El Nino forms, raises drought, water shortage risks in Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:26 14/06/2026El Nino has formed in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to strengthen into one of the most intense events since 1950, increasing the risk of drought, water shortages, and saltwater intrusion in many parts of Vietnam in the coming months, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Hot weather hurts Asian crops as powerful El Nino takes shape
World 17:05 04/06/2026Dry weather is disrupting crop planting across Asia, raising concerns about food supplies in the world's most populous region, and an expected severe El Nino weather pattern could inflict more damage.
UN warns possibly strong El Nino could push global temperatures higher
World 16:10 02/06/2026GENEVA - The United Nations weather agency on Tuesday forecast a moderate or possibly strong El Nino that could drive up global temperatures and increase the risk of extreme weather over the coming months.
India expects 2026 monsoon rains to be below average
World 16:53 29/05/2026MUMBAI -- India said on Friday its monsoon rains hindered by an El Nino are likely to fall below average in 2026 for the first time in three years, stoking concern over farm output and growth as it battles inflation caused by the Iran conflict.
India’s prized Alphonso mango crop ruined by weather
World 10:56 26/05/2026In India's western state of Maharashtra, mango farmer Komal Walke is scrambling to meet orders from India's online grocers after her family's three acres of orchards produced almost no Alphonso mangoes this year.
'Dread': coral scientists fear bleaching El Nino could bring
World 14:32 22/05/2026The arrival of a potentially powerful El Nino weather system this year could devastate coral reefs around the world already weakened by back-to-back rounds of bleaching, scientists warn.
