CLIMATE
El Niño splits Brazil into a waterlogged south and a parched north
Rain in southern and southeastern Brazil has exceeded historical averages. Photo: Paulo Pinto/EBC
Brazil is heading into summer under what could be the strongest El Niño ever measured, and the country's weather is following the classic script at a much higher volume.
The warm phase of the Pacific is expected to peak in December. Brazil's National Institute of Meteorology (INMET), the CPTEC weather center at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), and private forecaster Climatempo all draw the same broad map for November through January, with…
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