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Is South Africa ready for El Niño? Water and food security concerns mount | Mail & Guardian | SA News

Ferrial Adam, the executive director of WaterCAN, said she was concerned that adequate preparations were not being made.

The organisation had convened the discussion because El Niño could affect both water supplies and food production, she said, and people needed to start preparing if the government was not doing enough.

The warning is reinforced by the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) October seasonal outlook, which forecasts that the very strong El Niño will strengthen further, with sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific reaching about 3.8°C above average between November 2026 and January 2027, peaking around December.

The outlook identifies an…

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