Likelihood of El Nino developing later this year rising: WMO

GENEVA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The likelihood of El Nino developing later this year is increasing, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.

This would have the opposite impacts on weather and climate patterns in many regions of the world to the long-running La Nina and would likely raise global temperatures, according to the WMO's El Nino /La Nina Update, which is based on input from WMO Global Producing Centres of Long-Range Forecasts and expert assessment.