With Europe already seeing record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather episodes the summer, here's how meteorologists say the supersized El Niño phenomenon could hit the continent's climate in the coming months.
Conor Faulkner - conor.faulkner@thelocal.com
Updated: Mon 7 Sep 2026 11:19 CET
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World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Celeste Saulo gives an interview. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP.
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