NASA reports elevated emissions from New Guinea fires

Burning affects both sides of New Guinea

NASA has recorded unusually elevated fire emissions across New Guinea, including areas in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It attributes the burning to fires set by people and says the flames are spreading through terrain dried by drought.

UN agencies raise alarm over El Niño forecast

Africanews reports that UN agencies have appealed for help to protect vulnerable countries from a super El Niño that is being forecast. They warned of potential disruption in Latin America, eastern and southern Africa, Asia and the Pacific.

The El Niño warning concerns a predicted event. Neither report establishes that it caused the fires or drought conditions identified by NASA in New Guinea.