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How does El Niño affect crops?
El Niño is a natural climate pattern that warms parts of the Pacific Ocean, altering global weather. It can lead to severe droughts in some agricultural regions, reducing harvests, while causing heavy rainfall and flooding in others, damaging crops and disrupting supply chains worldwide.
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