The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that the current El Niño — a periodic warming of Pacific Ocean surface temperatures that disrupts weather patterns worldwide — could be the strongest on record since monitoring began four decades ago, with WMO chief Celeste Saulo cautioning it may surpass all previous events. In Kenya, the phenomenon is expected to bring above-normal rainfall between October and December, prompting the National Disaster Operation Centre to prepare for a worst-case scenario in which up to 1.5 million people are affected and as many as 500,000 displaced. Kenyan authorities are assessing vulnerable areas and critical infrastructure, with particular concern over water supplies, electricity networks, and communications systems.