GENEVA – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that the world may be facing a moderate to very strong El Niño event, which could significantly drive up global temperatures and increase the risk of extreme weather in the coming months. The United Nations weather agency said El Niño »»»

Geneva: AFP spoke with Wilfran Moufouma Okia, head of climate prediction at the United Nations' weather and climate agency, which said Tuesday that warming El Nino conditions were expected to develop before the end of August. The natural climate phenomenon is expected to drive more extreme weather »»»

The warming El Nino weather phenomenon, which pushed global temperatures to record highs during its last cycle, is expected to return by mid-2026, the United Nations said on Friday. The UN’s weather and climate agency said El Nino conditions could emerge as early as the May–July period. The World M»»»

The warming El Nino weather phenomenon, which pushed global temperatures to record highs the last time around, is expected back in the middle of this year, the U.N. said Friday. The United Nations' weather and climate agency said El Nino conditions were likely as early as the May to July three-mont»»»

GENEVA - The cooling La Nina weather phenomenon may return between September and November, but even if it does, temperatures are nonetheless expected to be above average, the United Nations said on Sept 2. La Nina is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the ce»»»

GENEVA, July 31, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A new world record for the longest distance lightning flash was declared on Thursday -- a megaflash that stretched for 829 kilometres (515 miles) across the United States. The huge flash occurred on October 22, 2017, from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, the Worl»»»

Geneva: A new world record for the longest distance lightning flash was declared on Thursday - a megaflash that stretched for 829 kilometres across the United States. The huge flash occurred on October 22, 2017, from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, the World Meteorological Organisation said. The»»»

GENEVA: The cooling weather phenomenon La Nina could appear in coming months, but if it does it will likely be too “weak and short-lived” to significantly impact soaring global temperatures, the UN said on Wednesday. There is currently a 55-percent likelihood of La Nina conditions emerging by the e»»»

GENEVA, June 3 — The return of the cooling La Nina weather phenomenon this year should help lower temperatures somewhat after months of global heat records, the United Nations’ weather agency said today. The impact is likely to be felt in the next few months because the warming El Nino weather patt»»»

GENEVA: The return of the cooling La Nina weather phenomenon this year should help lower temperatures somewhat after months of global heat records, the United Nations’ weather agency said Monday. The impact is likely to be felt in the next few months because the warming El Nino weather pattern — wh»»»

Geneva [Switzerland], April 19 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department paid a courtesy call to India's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Arindam Bagchi and discussed areas of collaboration with the World Meteorological Organisation. The Indian Meteorological Department de»»»

The World Meteorological Organization said Celeste Saulo received the necessary two-thirds backing from member states Thursday. A leading Argentine meteorologist has been elected as the first female head of the United Nations weather agency. The World Meteorological Organization said Celeste Saulo »»»

GENEVA, 23rd May, 2023 (WAM) -- A delegation from the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM), led by Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous, Director-General of NCM and President of the Regional Association II (Asia), is participating in the 19th session of the World Meteorological Congress (Cg-19), the supreme body»»»

The WMO issued the new findings for the quadrennial World Meteorological Congress which opened in Geneva in Switzerland on Monday with a high-level dialogue on accelerating and scaling up action to ensure that early warning services reach everyone on earth by the end of 2027. Over 90 per cent of th»»»

Cyclone Mocha wreaked havoc in Myanmar and Bangladesh last week. (AP pic) GENEVA: Weather-related disasters have surged over the past 50 years, causing swelling economic damage even as early warning systems have meant dramatically fewer deaths, the United Nations said today. Extreme weather, climat»»»

GENEVA: Weather-related disasters have surged over the past 50 years, causing swelling economic damage even as early warning systems have meant dramatically fewer deaths, the United Nations said Monday. Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused 11,778 reported disasters between 1970 »»»

The chance of an El Niño weather phenomenon developing in the coming months has risen, the United Nations has said, warning that it could fuel higher global temperatures and possibly new heat records. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday that it now estimated there was»»»

Cyclone Freddy is on track to break the record for longest cyclone on record, the United Nations said Friday, as the deadly storm prepares to hit Mozambique again. "Freddy continues its incredible and dangerous journey," Clare Nullis, spokeswoman for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), tol»»»

GENEVA - Around 3.6 billion people currently face inadequate access to water at least a month per year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in its State of Global Water Resources 2021 report published on Tuesday. The figure is projected to increase to more than 5 billion by 2050. The r»»»

UN says temperatures nearly half a degree above average last month, as EU monitor records record-low Antarctic sea ice. Last month marked one of the three hottest Julys ever recorded, with global temperatures measuring nearly half a degree Celsius (0.9F) above average, the United Nations’ weather a»»»

GENEVA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Governments and U.N. agencies meeting at COP26 in Glasgow formed a water and climate coalition on Tuesday to address growing hazards and shrinking reserves. Led by the presidents of Tajikistan and Hungary, the coalition will seek to implement reforms which the United Natio»»»

by Martina Fuchs GENEVA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China has contributed a great deal in the global fight against climate change, meteorological research and assistance to poorer nations, said the head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations. Speaking ex»»»