（NewsNation）——据联合国儿童基金会称，全球数百万儿童正面临有记录以来最强厄尔尼诺事件之一的威胁。
(NewsNation) — Millions of children around the world are facing the threat of one of the strongest El Niño events on record, according to UNICEF.
联合国儿童基金会报告称，异常的干湿条件预计将导致极端天气，包括严重洪水和严重干旱。
UNICEF reported that the unusual wet and dry conditions are expected to lead to extreme weather, including heavy flooding and severe droughts.
该组织表示，因此，近100个国家超过3.47亿儿童的生命和健康受到威胁。
As a result, the lives and health of over 347 million children in nearly 100 countries are under threat, the organization said.
“对儿童而言，厄尔尼诺远不止是一种天气模式，”联合国儿童基金会执行主任凯瑟琳·拉塞尔说。“它可能意味着流离失所增加、营养不良、水资源短缺和疾病爆发。”
“For children, El Niño is far more than a weather pattern,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. “It can mean increased displacement, malnutrition, water shortages and disease outbreaks.”
联合国儿童基金会报告称，亚洲和太平洋地区的儿童可能受影响最严重，约有1.9亿儿童面临威胁。
UNICEF reports children in Asia and the Pacific are likely to be the most affected, with around 190 children facing the threat.
东非和南部非洲约有4100万儿童可能受到影响，拉丁美洲和加勒比地区也有4100万儿童。在欧洲和中亚，约有2200万儿童面临厄尔尼诺的威胁。
Around 41 million children are likely to be impacted in East and Southern Africa, and 41 million children in Latin America and the Caribbean. In Europe and Central Asia, around 22 million children face the threat of El Niño.
据联合国儿童基金会称，在中东和北非，预计约有2000万儿童将受到影响，西非和中非也有2000万儿童。
In the Middle East and Northern Africa, around 20 million children are expected to be impacted, as well as 20 million in West and Central Africa, according to UNICEF.
“儿童还面临学校停课的风险，而家庭可能经历额外的经济困难，”拉塞尔说。这并非儿童首次因厄尔尼诺而面临风险。
“Children are also at the risk of schools closing, while families could experience added financial hardship,” Russell said. This is not the first time children have been at risk due to El Niño.
根据世界卫生组织的数据，2015-2016年的厄尔尼诺事件影响了23个国家的6000万人。
According to the World Health Organization, the El Niño event of 2015-2016 impacted 60 million people across 23 countries.
救助儿童会报告称，极端天气严重冲击了他们的日常生活，数百万人被迫离开家园寻找食物、水和工作。当时，约有600万儿童陷入营养不良。
Millions were forced to leave their homes searching for food, water and work after extreme weather heavily impacted their daily lives, Save the Children reported. At the time, around six million children were pushed into malnourishment.
联合国儿童基金会表示，今年的厄尔尼诺可能导致干旱和水资源短缺，增加哥伦比亚、斐济、巴布亚新几内亚和菲律宾等地的流离失所风险。
This year’s El Niño can lead to drought and water scarcity, increasing the risk of displacement in places like Colombia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, UNICEF said.
据该组织称，2016年至2023年间，与天气相关的灾害已导致每天有超过20,000名儿童流离失所。
According to the organization, weather-related disasters have already displaced more than 20,000 children every day between 2016 and 2023.