A potentially record-breaking El Niño could make 2027 the hottest year on record, with Britain's Met Office forecasting the strongest such event in more than a century and warning of severe droughts and extreme rainfall in parts of the world. India is already seeing below-normal rainfall as the weather pattern develops.

This year's El Nino is on track to be the strongest on record, threatening to unleash extreme weather across the globe and make 2027 the hottest recorded year by far.

The weather event is predicted to be the largest since the 1800s

Britain's national weather agency predicts this year's El Nino will be the largest in over a century. Sea surface temperatures are expected to reach unprecedented levels,…