Developing countries would be hit hardest by the heat-related toll in the June to February period. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Extreme heat linked to this year’s “super El Niño” could cause up to 451,000 excess deaths worldwide in the six months to February 2027, according to researchers at the University of Chicago’s Climate…

The grim warning by the University of Chicago-based Climate Impact Lab says that 451,000 more heat-related deaths between June and the end of February could be attributed to El Nino.

This year's powerful El Nino and the record global heat it's driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies, could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by t...

This year's powerful El Nino and the record heat it's driving could lead to nearly half a million more heat-related deaths worldwide by the end of February.

El Niño's extreme heat could lead to nearly 451,000 additional deaths, primarily impacting poorer countries already facing crises.

El Niño's extreme heat could lead to nearly 451,000 additional deaths, primarily impacting poorer countries already facing crises.

El Nino could worsen extreme heat. Here's what the new heat-death estimate means for India and why the risk could ripple into next summer.