El Niño Will Arrive in 2026: Despite Uncertainty Over Its Strength, Latin America and the Caribbean Must Prepare

The article contextualizes the debate over the event's possible magnitude — referred to by some media as "Niño Godzilla" — and clarifies that the probability of a very strong event is only 25%. It details differentiated effects by subregion: drought and heat in Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America; intense rainfall on the Pacific coasts of Ecuador and Peru; and greater humidity in the southern cone.