The first half of 2017 was the second warmest on record for Earth, behind only last year.

Bolivian president Evo Morales has declared a national emergency over a lack of water caused by a severe and prolonged drought.

Coffee production in Indonesia will probably drop 20% next year from a record as the strongest El Nino in almost two decades hurts crops in the world’s third-largest producer of robusta beans.

The thousand-mile coast of California is covered in warnings, watches and advisories for rain, flooding and high surf as another El Nino storm moves in from the Pacific.

In 2009, the El Nino brought the worst drought in four decades to India.