The Met Office has warned the El Niño event developing over the Pacific is shaping up to be the strongest in living memory – and it will impact the weather in London over the coming months.
Forecasters have said that the phenomenon will cause the UK to experience more storms and rain over the coming autumn and winter.
An El Niño event is declared when sea surface temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific rise to 0.5C above the long-term average, impacting global rainfall patterns and average temperatures.
That would make this year’s weather event the largest since at least 1950, and…
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