El Niño reaches super status in the Pacific Ocean

A 3-story thread from 2026-09-11 to 2026-09-23, covered by 17 outlets. Coverage settled as it developed. Each event below is linked as related to the anchor story by the pipeline.

El Niño reaches super status in the Pacific Ocean

3 events · 09-11 to 09-23 · 17 outlets · other · avg 18, peak 21

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09-11El Niño reaches super status in the Pacific Oceanscore 21· 10 outlets
09-22Hurricane Polo intensifies to Category 5 off Mexico's Pacific coastscore 17· 12 outlets
09-23Climate Impact Lab report projects over 451,000 excess heat deaths from super El Niño by February 2027score 17· 6 outlets

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