El Nio is expected to crest in early 2024, according to Malaysia
Malaysia forecasted on Friday that the peak of the El Nio weather phenomenon, which delivers extended hot and dry weather, will reach the nation in early 2024.
El Nio, a rise of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Oceans, has been connected to a variety of extreme weather events ranging from tropical cyclones and heavy rains to severe droughts.
“The El Nio phenomenon is expected to have a more noticeable impact at the beginning of 2024 when the intensity reaches its peak,” the ministry stated in a statement.
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The Southeast Asian country may expect greater temperatures and less rainfall, increasing the possibility of cross-border smog if forest and peatland fires are not managed, according to the report.
Temperatures are predicted to climb throughout huge portions of the world, according to the World Meteorological Organisation, after the El Nio weather pattern formed in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years.
Early indicators of El Nio-related hot, dry weather are affecting food producers across Asia, with analysts predicting that palm oil and rice output would suffer in Indonesia and Malaysia, which provide 80% of the world’s palm oil, as well as Thailand.Estates in Malaysia’s largest palm oil producing state, Sabah, are already facing water stress as a result of early El Nio symptoms, reducing yields and increasing the impact of under-fertilization and workforce shortages witnessed over the last three years.
