Millions died from the Super El Niño in 1877. What will happen this time? Forecasts are pointing to a record-breaking Super El Niño. Scientists are looking back to the famine-ravaged 1877 event for clues about what comes next.

Shared by a climate scientist, so this is indeed legit.

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As the article says, technology has vastly changed over the last 150 years. Desalination plants, massive water aqueducts, genetically modified drought-resistant crops, soil moisture sensors with automatic watering systems, larger crop yields due to hybrid seeds, improved mulching techniques, etc.

If anything the heat will get millions of people killed. The average summer temperature in India is consistently exceeding 40°C or 104°F pair that with high humidity and you have conditions that can kill in under an hour.

In BC, Canada we had a heat dome over Vancouver in 2021 between June 25th and July 1st (6 days) it reached 41°C in some parts. Over 600 deaths were attributed to the heat dome.

I can only imagine the hell that will occur in rural places or areas without electricity that cannot get air conditioning