Heat waves hit hard: A monkey tried to drink water from a tap on a hot summer day in Prayagraj, India, on May 20. Extreme heat hit places in Southeast Asia recently. For example, the temperature in Tuong Duong, a city in Vietnam, reached a record high of 44.2 C on May 21. Carlo Buontempo at the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service told Reuters that El Nino is likely to occur this year. It refers to the higher temperature in the eastern Pacific Ocean. El Nino is usually connected with record-breaking temperatures at the global level, leading to strong heat waves  or more powerful storms.