El Niño Intensifies, Spreading Heat, Drought, and Flooding Across Africa, Americas, and South Africa

El Niño is strengthening, driving abnormal heat that now threatens northern and eastern Africa, Hispaniola, Central America, and northern South America. Drought is expanding in Central America, while South Africa reports flooding. The Global Weather Hazards report, issued by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, maps current weather and climate conditions and offers short‑term forecasts up to one week. It also highlights potential impacts on crop and pasture conditions across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Asia. The brief does not include long‑range forecasts or food‑security projections, but it signals that severe weather or climate events are expected in these regions in the coming days.