What's your country's preparation for the coming super El Niño

[aioc]

Nearly 100 countries will be affected by this phenomenon called "Super El Nino", according to Impactlab Research; a projected 450,000 people will perish due to extreme heat-related exhaustion.

This Super El Niño phenomenon will peak in late 2026 and early 2027; it will bring severe drought in some parts and heavy rains in others around the world.

El Niño brings drought to some regions and severe flooding to others. Both can drive hunger and increase the spread of preventable diseases. They also damage crops, livestock and infrastructure, reducing food production and pushing up prices.

The current event has been described as a “super El Niño.” It is intensifying and is projected to rank among the strongest in recent history, with impacts expected to peak in the second half of 2026 and early 2027.

Who will be most affected by El Niño? How to help

Most Severely Impacted Regions and Countries

Sources;

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/339341/super-el-nino-more-dire-warnings

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/23/el-nino-450000-extra-deaths-six-months

With the dangerous impact that's projected to happen because of super El Niño, what's your country's preparation for the coming super El Niño?

[Taricoins]

I don't really know the adverse effect of this super El Nino is contrast the regular one but the best a smart and sensible government can do is to cushion the effect it may have on the citizen because of stipulated events are to occur we can see the number of death and most of them will come from poverty due to poor agricultural practices resulting to an increase in food inflation especially on people within the poverty line.

One the things a sensible government can so is ensure proper irrigational activity and sustainable water practices to ensure continuous farming in this trying times. This Is one in many more the government can do

[PostQuantumBTC]

Are you sure the government of most countries care? They are only care about themselves or if something bad has already happened.

It is better you prepare yourself and not wait on one government to do anything.

Buy enough food and stay safe. Have extra money if flooding is common in your area.

Nothing serious yet here because as it is getting hot, it is later raining and everywhere cool again.

[Die_empty]

With the dangerous impact that's projected to happen because of super El Niño, what's your country's preparation for the coming super El Niño?

I live around the coastal area of my country, and we have started experiencing the effects of El Niño. We have been experiencing devastating flooding in my area, and it has led to the loss of lives and property. Some buildings in my compound were destroyed, and some areas are still flooded to date.

Government preparedness or assistance can only be seen in newspapers or on television. They have promised to assist flooded communities with temporary accommodation, schools, and financial assistance to help them go back to business and agriculture. But none of these have happened. From my experience, they have no plan for El Niño. Their focus now is how to win elections next year.

[slapper]

Their focus now is how to win elections next year.

Sorry about your area man, hope the water's gone down by now.

Politicians aren't rewarded for stopping floods from killing villagers (no headlines, no thanks). Rather, they get karma points for being there in the thick of it once the flood hits (boots, rice bags handed out in front of camera crews) before the election. It all adds up to that one line above. Do we want politicians to go out of their way to prevent floods? If so, they'll have to invest money now in drainage and water storage capacity, seeds for replanting flooded cropland, cooling centers, etc. Of course there's no glory in it if it works, no drama, headlines, heroes. And if it fails, still none of the kudos. Guess most governments make their move based on where karma points can be cashed.

El Niño can be predicted months in advance, and the consequences expected. There's no excuse for not being prepared for its effects. NOAA has been warning about this particular phenomenon for months, and both FAO and WFP have moved to provide food assistance in the most affected areas before the peak of El Niño. A government caught unprepared in 2027 made that choice. Bad luck has nothing to do with it.

Nothing serious yet here because as it is getting hot, it is later raining and everywhere cool again.

This is worrying considering the peak is expected around now until early next year. And the 450k number in OP is heat deaths only. Heat doesn't knock down buildings like the floods Die_empty described, it kills old people quietly inside hot rooms, so it barely makes news. Which means it barely moves votes either.

Your "buy enough food" advice only works if you're not living from paycheck to paycheck, and when governments block the export of key foods (as they did with rice in 2008), you're only safe if you've stockpiled ahead of time. Whoever couldn't stock up, mostly the poor, is left to bear the price hikes caused by panic buying. Stashing food away can work for the middle class, but the poor have to rely on state intervention.

Anyone here actually seen their government do the boring prevention stuff this year?

[Abiky]

Are you sure the government of most countries care? They are only care about themselves or if something bad has already happened.

It is better you prepare yourself and not wait on one government to do anything.

Buy enough food and stay safe. Have extra money if flooding is common in your area.

Nothing serious yet here because as it is getting hot, it is later raining and everywhere cool again.

Corruption is plaguing the world. Governments won't care about anything that benefits the people. Now climate change is becoming a serious concern. And it's spreading out fast. We're experiencing warmer and longer-lasting summers, leaving little room for winter. Elevated temperatures are a result of added polution brought by Co2 and massive data center use. The AI boom has only made matters worse.

Where I live, nothing is being done to prepare the population against the "Super El Nino". People are doing things on their own, for their own survival. We should take matters into our own hands, and not wait for the government to do anything. Besides preparing for this event, we should also do whatever is necessary to help protect the environment. Working together will help ensure an event of such magnitude never repeats itself in the future. But like Arnie said in the Terminator 2 movie, "It's in your nature to destroy yourselves". We have chosen to destroy ourselves out of pure greed and selfishness.

[Queentoshi]

Nearly 100 countries will be affected by this phenomenon called "Super El Nino", according to Impactlab Research; a projected 450,000 people will perish due to extreme heat-related exhaustion.

This Super El Niño phenomenon will peak in late 2026 and early 2027; it will bring severe drought in some parts and heavy rains in others around the world.

Likely companies will reduce the need for some staffs needing to come to the office for work so they can spend more time in their homes and reduce the time they spend outside especially if the offices do not have a proper cooling system. Individuals in the countries listed to be affected need to start planning for it, those in countries where electricity is not stable, you should plan for the hot days, buy solar fans or battery powered fans to make sure you are able to regulate your temperature.

[_act_]

Likely companies will reduce the need for some staffs needing to come to the office for work so they can spend more time in their homes and reduce the time they spend outside especially if the offices do not have a proper cooling system. Individuals in the countries listed to be affected need to start planning for it, those in countries where electricity is not stable, you should plan for the hot days, buy solar fans or battery powered fans to make sure you are able to regulate your temperature.

El Nino has started in 2023, but it may be more severe this year to next year. I do not see a good reason office workers should not go to work when it is not a pandemic disease that is highly contagious like the COVID-19. El Nino is overemphasized like it will be a very bad disaster. But if it caused some bad weather, it can not be up to people not going to their work place. The offices supposed to be ventilated which is enough. Although there is part of flooding. People will still find their ways around it.

[Spaceman1000$]

In my country Nigeria we are already experiencing the super El nino, the heat in most part of the country is on the rising, and the unfortunate part is that electricity has not been stable, so you barely have an air conditioner that can help to reduce this heat except you have alternative source of energy to power your house. And I've also noticed that because of the extreme heat most of the power holding companies are complaining about the fact that their equipments are getting overheated, so they most times have downtown.

This clearly shows that there is high level of climate change and the ozone layer is seriously depleted. When I was very young in my country Nigeria, by this time of the year we usually have what we call harmattan, it is usually cold and dry season, but now we are witnessing something different.

[hafiztalha]

Most of the time, countries do not prepare themselves adequately they wait for actual disaster to happen before they think about taking any serious and meaningful action. Heat is one of the biggest concern of the countries like Nigeria, water shortage, flooding and also damage to the agriculture is their problem as well, that is going to make food very expensive. Preparation should start with improving their basic drainage system they should protect their water supplies and support farmers; more plants can be planted and community should be educated about all the risk that are related to heat. Reliable emergency response is also needed rather than just depending only on donations or to get sympathy after disaster.

[Hamza2424]

El Nino has started in 2023, but it may be more severe this year to next year. I do not see a good reason office workers should not go to work when it is not a pandemic disease that is highly contagious like the COVID-19. El Nino is overemphasized like it will be a very bad disaster. But if it caused some bad weather, it can not be up to people not going to their work place. The offices supposed to be ventilated which is enough. Although there is part of flooding. People will still find their ways around it.

Yep, it already started a long time ago. We are already facing these natural disasters. The recent big one that shocked me, and probably everyone, was the flash flood in Nepal. That was a complete disaster. The heat last year was unbearable, and rain is already getting rare now. They are using artificial ways to make it rain.

So I don't fear this El Nino or whatever. Even if they are already asking us to stock up on rations for 10 days to 1 month, I never took them seriously because I thought it was all FUD. I don't know how real it can be besides being exercises, but we are already doomed, and I think AI is also part of it, haha.

[Churchillvv]

I perhaps already know what it feels like or those from my country in the northern part of my country knows how exactly it will feel like and how to cope with hot weather since it’s a reoccurring event the weather over there is usually super hot and perhaps might not be considered as El Niño but they have already experienced something similar so they prepare before hand not on a national level of preparation. If my country was listed in the countries it could affect severely the Government would not even prepare they would still be focused on election.

[blockman]

You should have mentioned what's our government plan for this upcoming phenomenon. And that's likely that we're on our own because they're focused more on political things rather than the super El Niño. I've already bought supply stocks but I don't if it will last when it's needed the most. I hope that there's divine intervention in it and people who's got not that much will just have to bear it until it ends which is half year of 2027.

Most of the time, countries do not prepare themselves adequately they wait for actual disaster to happen before they think about taking any serious and meaningful action.

That's how it is, our country is always experiencing typhoons but lately there's no advance measure before it has come. And with this long dry spell, they'll only take action once it's experienced by the majority. Many of the farmers land as per reports have been dried long enough and that's the sign that it's here. I bet that they'd do cloud seeding once it's too vital and we've got no more food supply but it could be that late. We rely on food importation and if these countries closes their exportation because their people also need food, good luck to us and so prepping is important. Most priority to prepare is water, food, toiletries, power stations. Less water to consume so, paper plates and disposable materials will also be of great help.

[Jaycoinz]

In my country, the statistical report has estimated that over 35 thousand people are going to die if proper measures are not taken, a lot of people are already getting it all mixed up, they assumed that they are saying that amount of people will die but that's just a figure given if the people don't take proper measures to ensure that they are safe. I don't really see any efforts the government of my country are putting to avoid the effects of this weather condition, it's left for the people to make sure that they protect themselves.

[batang_bitcoin]

Yep, it already started a long time ago. We are already facing these natural disasters. The recent big one that shocked me, and probably everyone, was the flash flood in Nepal. That was a complete disaster. The heat last year was unbearable, and rain is already getting rare now. They are using artificial ways to make it rain.

So I don't fear this El Nino or whatever. Even if they are already asking us to stock up on rations for 10 days to 1 month, I never took them seriously because I thought it was all FUD. I don't know how real it can be besides being exercises, but we are already doomed, and I think AI is also part of it, haha.

That's a good action by your government if they have been making artificial rains but, for how long they're going to do that? I think that the period of this disaster isn't that much and that's bearable for them and you can see them doing something against it. While I like how chill you are because of what's being done by your government. This Super El Niño is real, I also thought the same that it's FUD because rains are still there but that's not the meaning of it that we will not get rain, but we will get less of it and that is true. So I guess that accepting and reacting on it accordingly is the way of it and fearing it won't do any help at all as it will only cause panic.

[Ever-young]

With the dangerous impact that's projected to happen because of super El Niño, what's your country's preparation for the coming super El Niño?

Countries preparation? Like countries prepare for it? Interesting. Sorry to disappoint you because in my country everyone decides how they want to survive it. And I can assure you that if the headlines should have it that masses perished because of Ei nino, the population of victims from my country will be little to zero.

Not to brag but heat over here is a normal phenomenon, and we don’t look for ways to stop it, we only look for ways to survive it so personally, this Ei nino is of zero concern to me. And if there are people anticipating the country doing something about it I’m not one of them.

The moment I saw my country i laughed because this heat has been here, they’ve just given it a name.

[SatsPH]

Lol, as what our Philippine President said and I translated it "He urged Filipinos to buy buckets and containers to collect rainwater in preparation for possible water shortages." 

As if the government doesn't have the responsibility and put it everything on their population on how to prepare. Super El Niño is already here, everyone is feeling it already and this is supposedly -ber months for us and the coming Christmas.

Even before this El Niño, I'm always buying bottled water and it's not cheaper now, but I have to doubled down on everything with canned goods to have something to eat in cases of emergency.

[robelneo]

Lol, as what our Philippine President said and I translated it "He urged Filipinos to buy buckets and containers to collect rainwater in preparation for possible water shortages." 

It's one of the worst pieces of advice; he is ridiculed for it. He cannot come up with better contingency measures, so leave it to the people to do on their own. This super El Niño is a serious matter; he needs to do better than urge people to buy buckets.

Even before this El Niño, I'm always buying bottled water and it's not cheaper now, but I have to doubled down on everything with canned goods to have something to eat in cases of emergency.

We really have to do this, but the problem is these manufacturers are increasing the price of their commodities, and there are companies and traders that hoard important products to make it appear there is a shortage or stock is running out. The government can serve the people by going after these hoarders.

[Renampun]

Their preparation is zero.. my country's government is still busy dealing with their free meal programs and a lot of their campaign programs, and trying to win the next campaign.. but when it comes to natural disasters, they don't care.. Even forest fires are happening in so many places and it's causing a lot of people to have trouble breathing because of the haze from all the fires.. But the government here just doesn't care about it and prefers to take no action against the fires, even when more people are protesting and fed up with their policies, they just stay silent like nothing is happening.. You could say that the government here is incompetent and only sides with companies that also contribute to burning more forests and making the haze even worse.

[Asuspawer09]

I lived in a tropical country in Asia it's the Philippines, I see most of the country doing a lot of things for preparation, but it's kinda trending here in my country since it's the worst, they are giving away water filter, and buckets saying that we should get ready are buckets so that we can collect water from the rain? I mean it's super El Niño it's dry season you don't really expect the rain at this times.

Also, water filter seems worst since on some filipino research and post it on social media that it was a cheap bucket and water filter that was bought bulk on China/Alibaba so it wasn't even a reliable water filter than can filter and make the water safe to drink at all, it was just a filter that was probably make the water a little clear but not really same for drinking.


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Lol, as what our Philippine President said and I translated it "He urged Filipinos to buy buckets and containers to collect rainwater in preparation for possible water shortages." 

As if the government doesn't have the responsibility and put it everything on their population on how to prepare. Super El Niño is already here, everyone is feeling it already and this is supposedly -ber months for us and the coming Christmas.

Even before this El Niño, I'm always buying bottled water and it's not cheaper now, but I have to doubled down on everything with canned goods to have something to eat in cases of emergency.

Thats what im saying bro, I have no choice but to prepare on my own at this point, because there was nothing to expect from the government anymore, I mean the corruption is already happening right in front of us and they are not hiding it anymore.

I'm stacking water and can foods, trying to invest on some huge powerstation with a good brand that can collect solar power.