Are we about to see a ’Super El Niño’?

The arrival of El Niño is expected to be declared 'imminently', with meteorologists warning there is a 40% chance the storm could escalate into a rare "Super El Niño".

“Quickly rising” oceanic temperatures are the predominant sign that tropical storm El Niño is brewing, say meteorologists.

Weather experts are expecting the Climate Prediction Center, overseen by America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to declare an El Niño “imminently”, with AccuWeather’s chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter saying that an official announcement could be made “on Thursday 11 June”.