Currently en República Dominicana — 27 de junio, 2023: Continuarán los aguaceros en gran parte de República Dominicana por una vaguada

El tiempo, currently.

Además de la vaguada, los vientos húmedos y las temperaturas calurosas serán determinantes para la producción de precipitaciones en República Dominicana durante las próximas 24 horas: el mayor potencial de aguaceros se concentrará hacia la zona montañosa, la región fronteriza, el norte, noreste y sureste.

La vaguada ubicada al norte del Caribe se mantendrá este martes aportando nubosidad y un incremento de las lluvias hacia el Cibao, Cordillera Central y el sur.

Mientras que la sensación térmica seguirá muy calurosa en todo el país por el avance del verano y la incursión de los vientos húmedos del Atlántico y el Mar Caribe.

Y la onda tropical número 14 se mueve hacia la región caribeña, con potencial de mayores lluvias a mitad de la semana.

— Jean Suriel

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What you need to know, currently.

El Niño, the periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean, is back — and it’s getting worse fast.

New data out Monday shows that El Niño has now officially moved into “moderate” territory — with tropical Pacific water temperatures already up to 1.0°C higher than normal. That’s expected to keep growing quickly over the next few months, with a worst-case estimate from Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology showing a peak warming of 3.2°C by November — which would be the strongest El Niño ever measured, by far. Even an average of global predictions now show a peak warming of 2.2°C — meaning that only the El Niños that began in 1982, 1997, and 2015 would be stronger.

The implications of an El Niño this strong are difficult to underestimate. In 2015-16, more than 60 million people worldwide experienced hunger due to drought made worse by the El Niño. The Great Barrier Reef in Australia suffered its worst coral bleaching event in history, with about 30% of the reef losing most of its corals. Pacific Islanders faced a string of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded.

Initial research shows that this year’s El Niño could cost the struggling global economy nearly $3 trillion.

—Eric Holthaus

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