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An extreme El Niño event could reduce Latin America and the Caribbean's GDP by at least 2 percent, according to the UN economic commission for the region (CEPAL).

The Atlantic basin has produced five tropical storms but zero hurricanes through mid-September 2026—well below the typical four hurricanes by this date—as strengthening El Niño conditions in the Pacific suppress Atlantic storm development.

Guatemala's vice president ordered a red alert for the Trifinio border region shared with Honduras and El Salvador, as El Niño–driven drought threatens corn and bean crops, rural employment, and food security across the three-country zone.

A record-strength El Niño phenomenon will inhibit tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic and Caribbean during the peak hurricane season (August 15–October 15) through intensified wind shear and Saharan dust, though experts caution that some storms may still develop, particularly in late August and mid-October.

An integrated food-security analysis projects that 157,000 people across Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala in the Rio Lempa border region will face acute hunger from July through October 2026, driven by seasonal grain depletion, inflation, and El Niño drought risk.