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This mid-October weekend in France will be marked by a drop in temperatures and rainy spells, particularly an orange alert for eleven departments announcing variable weather conditions and a risk of a Mediterranean episode at the beginning of the week. #Météo #Pluies #VigilanceOrange (translated)

GeoTales described a scenario where several agricultural regions would be simultaneously affected, while dam production would decrease, trade routes would be disrupted, and populations would experience exceptional heat. It specified that the term "super El Niño" referred to an episode of about +2 °C or more in the Niño 3.4 area, without constituting a universal category comparable to that of cyclones. According to GeoTales, the bulletin published on October 8 by the World Meteorological Organization forecasted an average anomaly of about +3.7 °C in this area for the period from October to December, with a peak around December. It also reported that NOAA assessed the probability of reaching at least +2.5 °C over three months at 83% according to its RONI index, mentioning an episode likely to exceed those observed since 1950. It emphasized that the two agencies used different methods, but their figures indicated an exceptionally intense event. GeoTales explained that observations showed increased heat beneath the surface of the Pacific, a deeper thermocline, as well as anomalies in westerly winds and precipitation in the central and eastern parts of the ocean. It reminded that El Niño is a natural phenomenon and estimated that it would be too simplistic to attribute this episode solely to climate change, while adding that background warming could exacerbate its consequences. To illustrate the possible impacts, GeoTales mentioned Guatemala, citing a video published the day before by LIMIT Media. It wrote that in the "dry corridor" that also crosses Honduras and El Salvador, the lack of rain and crop losses were already undermining the food and income of families relying on maize and bean cultivation. #ElNiño #ChangementClimatique #Météo (translated)

64,000 residents who still have to be supplied by tanker trucks or via bottles of water for drinking, eating, or washing. On September 9, the Minister of Ecological Transition, Monique Barbut, had already mentioned "64,000 residents who still have to be supplied by tanker trucks or via bottles of water for drinking, eating, or washing" in France, as a consequence of low rainfall and heatwaves in recent months. #Sécheresse #Environnement #Climat (translated)

The departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard, and Var are on orange alert for rain-floods and thunderstorms, while Hérault is on alert for floods, with forecasts of rainfall reaching up to one hundred millimeters in less than two hours. #VigilanceOrange #PluieInondation #Climat (translated)

Tear Off reported that the FIA had attributed the loss of power of several cars during the formation lap before the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to an unprecedented combination of low engine revs, reduced grip, rain-adjusted energy management parameters, and the configuration of the sectors of the Sepang circuit. According to the statement relayed by Tear Off, the FIA's technical department had removed energy restrictions in the affected sectors through a software update sent to all competitors during the delay of the start due to heavy rain. This allowed teams to modify their power units before the race. The issue had not been detected by either the FIA or the teams during testing or the grid formation laps, and an analysis was to be conducted with the teams and engine manufacturers. #F1 #BahrainGP #F1 #Bahreïn #Courseauto (translated)