UN warns 50M at risk of starvation as extreme El Niño drives opposite climate extremes globally

UN issues urgent appeal warning that an unprecedentedly strong El Niño could cause starvation for ~50 million people within weeks, with wetter conditions in eastern Africa, parts of North America, and western South America, while droughts threaten southern Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Amazon. The claim is sourced from a single news outlet and lacks corroboration; the scale and immediacy of the warning are uncertain. If accurate, this would represent a major humanitarian and agricultural shock with global food-security implications.

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