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Tracker warns El Niño may cause 55,000 India deaths

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 29 October 2026, 06:43 UTC ·9 sec listen

A new tracker predicts that El Niño could hit India hard, with as many as 55,000 deaths by March. The climate pattern releases ocean heat into the atmosphere, raising temperatures and potentially worsening dangerous conditions.

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