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El Niño strengthens: Country records warmest monsoon in 66 years
KARACHI: A strengthening El Niño coincided with Pakistan’s warmest monsoon in 66 years in 2026, as rainfall remained 19 percent below normal and rain- and flood-related incidents claimed around 199 lives, raising concerns over water availability and agricultural production. The national mean temperature during July-September reached 30.7 degrees Celsius, 0.9 degrees above normal and surpassing the previous record of 30.6 degrees set in 2019, according to a Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) report issued on Thursday. The report linked the developing El Niño to a tendency towards below-no...
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