This year’s El Niño will cause “pandemic-scale mortality” worldwide, epidemiologists have claimed.
Scientists on Tuesday said that El Niño – predicted to be the most intense on record – should be classified as a global health emergency which could kill hundreds of thousands.
“The 2026-27 El Niño is going to cause pandemic-scale mortality,” said Dr Colin Carlson, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Yale University, warning it would be deadlier than the 2009 swine flu pandemic, which killed roughly 284,000 people.
Bonus Greta
You know, you have to give Greta Thunberg some credit.
It’s not easy to spend so many years and keep fighting for something and accomplish, well nothing. https://t.co/lUNVnEUEQC
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) November 11, 2026
