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A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.
21 May 2026 at 18:36
The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.
An illustration published in 1877 depicted a scene in southern India. Millions died from a famine that coincided with an El Niño that year.
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