Dengue outbreak in Peru reaches 200K cases, 200 dead, heightened by El Niño rains
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Peru is facing the worst dengue outbreak on record, triggered by warming ocean waters and flooding associated with the El Nino weather pattern
The country's health authorities have pointed towards the natural climate phenomenal, El Niño, as one of the key drivers of the surge in cases. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a writer on the breaking news team for Fox News Digital. You can reach her on Twitter at @s_rumpfwhitten.
El Niño is a cyclical warming of the world's oceans and weather, which fuels tropical cyclones in the Pacific, boosting rainfall and flood risk in the region. The increase in rainfall brings mass reproduction of mosquitoes due to the accumulation of water in the cities.
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