Fears for Asia’s summer after recent ‘monster’ heatwave
1 year, 8 months ago

Fears for Asia’s summer after recent ‘monster’ heatwave

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A “monster” Asian heatwave which shattered temperature records in more than a dozen countries is an early warning sign of “what may come if action is not taken”, scientific experts said. “Human-induced climate change is the major cause of the growing number and ferocity of heatwaves we’re seeing across Asia,” said climate and environment specialist Deepshikha Sharma at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. “All climate models show that these spikes in heat are going to increase in frequency and intensity across South Asia,” said Abid Hussain, senior economist and food systems specialist at ICIMOD. “Such heatwaves will impact 2 billion people either directly, in terms of heat impacts on health and work, or indirectly in terms of glacier melt, floods, water variability, erratic rainfall and landslides.” The Hindu-Kush Himalayan region across Central and South Asia has the third-largest body of frozen water in the world and is warming at twice the global average, experts warn.

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'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024
1 week, 5 days ago

'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024

Raw Story  

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024. World Weather Attribution, experts on how global warming influences extreme events, said nearly every disaster they analyzed over the past 12 months was intensified by climate change. - Floods - …

Record summer temperatures set world on course for hottest year ever
4 months ago

Record summer temperatures set world on course for hottest year ever

Al Jazeera  

European climate monitor says extreme weather will become more ‘intense’ if countries don’t slash emissions. Summer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were the highest ever recorded, making it likely that this year could emerge as Earth’s hottest ever, according to the European Union’s climate change monitor. “During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June …

My life at 50C: India’s new reality of extreme heat
4 months, 1 week ago

My life at 50C: India’s new reality of extreme heat

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Life at 50C: Delhi’s streets struggling to cope with heatwave At least 110 people died from heatstroke across the …

Climate crisis made May heatwaves 1.5C hotter in India, study says
7 months ago

Climate crisis made May heatwaves 1.5C hotter in India, study says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The unprecedented heatwaves that scorched northern and central India in May were made 1.5 degrees …

India’s deadly heat kills over 200 people, including dozens of poll workers as elections wrap up
7 months ago

India’s deadly heat kills over 200 people, including dozens of poll workers as elections wrap up

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Over 200 people, including dozens of workers on election duty, have died in the last …

A scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday
7 months, 1 week ago

A scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday

Associated Press  

PATNA, India — A blistering heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10 election officials, in eastern India with temperatures soaring up to 49.9 degrees Celsius in parts of the country this week, officials said Friday. The heat wave came as hundreds of millions of Indians have been voting in a 6-week long general election, increasing health risks …

India may have recorded its hottest temperatures ever as Delhi faces extreme heatwave
7 months, 1 week ago

India may have recorded its hottest temperatures ever as Delhi faces extreme heatwave

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Heatwaves are clearly the single largest threat to India’s well being today.” Aarti Khosla, director of Climate Trends These …

Getting ready for heatwaves
7 months, 1 week ago

Getting ready for heatwaves

Hindustan Times  

A crushing heatwave that began more than a week ago has become unbearable since Monday. In Delhi, power consumption surpassed records and desperate families mobbed water tankers after their taps ran dry. A 40-year-old labourer who lived in a room with no air cooling died at a hospital during the week and the administration imposed fines on wasteful use of …

Climate crisis made crippling April heatwave in South Asia 45 times more likely: Scientists
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate crisis made crippling April heatwave in South Asia 45 times more likely: Scientists

The Hindu  

Ms. Annu Mishra kept her modest food stall shut as temperatures in Odisha's Bhubaneswar remained above 40° Celsius for 17 consecutive days in April. Similar heatwaves could occur once every 30 years and they have already become about 45 times more likely due to climate change, leading climate scientists said on May 15, citing historical weather data. The team of …

Extreme heat in April made worse by climate crisis: Study
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Extreme heat in April made worse by climate crisis: Study

Hindustan Times  

Extreme heat events in April over large parts of South Asia were made 45 times more likely and 0.85°C hotter by the climate crisis, an analysis by World Weather Attribution, a global team of climate scientists said on Tuesday. These results align with WWA’s previous studies in 2022 and 2023 focused on the South Asia region which found that climate …

Freak April heatwave in Southeast Asia ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Freak April heatwave in Southeast Asia ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The brutal heatwaves sweeping across Asia this year were made much more extreme due to …

Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found. Scorching temperatures were felt across large swaths of Asia, from Gaza in the west — where over 2 million …

April 2024 was hottest on record, marking 11 months of new highs
8 months ago

April 2024 was hottest on record, marking 11 months of new highs

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The streak of record global temperatures has continued for the 11th month in a row, …

From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere
8 months ago

From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere

Associated Press  

In sweltering Brazil, flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. “If this record pace of warming continues, 2024 will likely be a record year of climate disasters and human suffering.” When the world is warmer, it is likely to have more extreme weather and climate events, including record heat and rainfall, scientists say. …

Southeast Asia swelters in record-setting heatwave
8 months, 1 week ago

Southeast Asia swelters in record-setting heatwave

Al Jazeera  

Southeast Asia is grappling with a brutal heatwave as record-high temperatures have led to school closures and triggered urgent health warnings across the region. The country’s weather agency said the heat index – the actual temperature felt by the body to include relative humidity – is expected to remain at a record 45C, in the range which it classes as …

India among worst hit by extreme heat, floods, glacier disaster in 2023: WMO
8 months, 2 weeks ago

India among worst hit by extreme heat, floods, glacier disaster in 2023: WMO

Hindustan Times  

Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023, the World Meteorological Organisation said on Tuesday while highlighting that extreme heat, severe floods, a glacial lake outburst flood devastated parts of India also last year. In India, Yemen, and Pakistan, floods were the natural hazard event which caused the greatest number of fatalities, highlighting …

With El Nino around, the heat is on
1 year, 2 months ago

With El Nino around, the heat is on

Hindustan Times  

This year, forest fires turned swathes of hills and forests to ash in Europe, virtually wiping out an entire town as all past temperature records fell. El Nino conditions, a phenomenon where the equatorial Pacific waters become warmer than usual, are partly to blame for the trend, and it is just getting stronger, making next year likely to become even …

Watch | How climate change is affecting monsoon forecast and disaster management
1 year, 3 months ago

Watch | How climate change is affecting monsoon forecast and disaster management

The Hindu  

From delayed onsets marked by intense dry spells, to devastating flash floods and destructive landslides, the monsoon in recent years has been a period of uncertainty and destruction for India. Although there are various factors behind it, there is a general consensus among scientists that climate change plays a major role. The Southwest monsoon that brings rain to the subcontinent …

A Monsoon of Extremes: Devastating 2023 Floods A Wake-Up Call - News18
1 year, 3 months ago

A Monsoon of Extremes: Devastating 2023 Floods A Wake-Up Call - News18

News 18  

If 2022 scorched India with a record-breaking heat wave, 2023 exposed its extreme vulnerability to catastrophic floods. Hundreds of lives lost, thousands of houses destroyed and public infrastructure crumbled across several states in one of the most devastating floods witnessed in decades. In the days to follow, it unleashed its fury over the Himalayan states, triggering one of the most …

Three-quarters of south Asia children exposed to dangerous heatwaves, Unicef warns
1 year, 5 months ago

Three-quarters of south Asia children exposed to dangerous heatwaves, Unicef warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Unicef says its analysis of 2020 data showed an estimated 460 million, or 76 per cent of children in …

Explained | Here’s how Asia fared in 2022 in terms of climate and extreme events
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | Here’s how Asia fared in 2022 in terms of climate and extreme events

The Hindu  

The story so far: Drought, floods, and high temperatures were the critical disasters that plagued Asiain 2022, causing extensive damage to life and property. Central Asia, the Yangtze River Basin and the Huaihe River Basin in China, southwest and northwest Asia, and areas along the Arctic coast also recorded precipitation below normal. Siberia, northeast Asia, central India, India’s Western Ghats, …

Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, report says
1 year, 5 months ago

Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, report says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Countries in the Asia-Pacific region need to drastically increase their investments in disaster warning systems and other tools to counter rising risks from climate change, a United Nations report said Tuesday. She noted that countries that have put early warning systems in place, such as India and Bangladesh, which faces severe threats from devastating tropical storms, can save …

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say
1 year, 5 months ago

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The researchers evaluated the role of climate crisis in these extreme heat events using peer-reviewed methods, weather station data …

High temperatures to heavy rain: China battles heat as South Korea tackles flood
1 year, 5 months ago

High temperatures to heavy rain: China battles heat as South Korea tackles flood

India Today  

Tourists flocked to a giant thermometer in China showing surface temperatures of 80C while the death toll from torrential rains in South Korea hit 44 on Wednesday, the latest extreme weather sparking havoc and curiosity around the world. In a stifling Beijing, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry began the third day of talks with Chinese officials, expressing hope that cooperation …

India is mopping up from unprecedented flooding. Here's what it's like to be caught up in South Asia's climate crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

India is mopping up from unprecedented flooding. Here's what it's like to be caught up in South Asia's climate crisis

ABC  

On an early morning in the middle of India's monsoon season, I set off on a small plane with some friends on our way to visit the Himalayan mountain town of Manali. More than 100 people have been killed because of heavy rains in northern India and we watched terrifying footage of bridges, homes, hotels and cars being swept away …

World reels from wildfires, floods as US, China discuss climate crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

World reels from wildfires, floods as US, China discuss climate crisis

Firstpost  

With scientists saying the target of keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels is moving beyond reach, evidence of the crisis was everywhere Global temperatures headed towards alarming highs and extreme weather proliferated as the world’s two biggest polluters, China and the United States, sought on Monday to reignite climate talks. ‘VERY SCARY’ The high temperatures are …

Extreme heat grips three continents as wildfires rage
1 year, 5 months ago

Extreme heat grips three continents as wildfires rage

Al Jazeera  

Scorching weather is gripping three continents, whipping up wildfires and threatening to topple temperature records. In Japan, authorities issued heatstroke alerts to tens of millions of people in 20 of its 47 prefectures as near-record high temperatures scorched large areas and torrential rain pummelled other regions. The United States National Weather Service reported that a powerful heatwave stretching from California …

Hundreds killed as monsoon rain causes flooding and landslides across Asia
1 year, 5 months ago

Hundreds killed as monsoon rain causes flooding and landslides across Asia

ABC  

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate amid intense monsoon rains that have killed more than 200 people across Asia. Key points: More than 40,000 people in China's Sichuan province were evacuated because of floods New Dehli's Yamuna river levels were at their highest in 45 years this week At least 91 people died in weather-related incidents …

Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink
1 year, 5 months ago

Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink

The Independent  

The world is hotter than it’s been in thousands of years, and it’s as if every alarm bell on Earth were ringing. Unless humanity radically transforms the way people travel, generate energy and produce food, the global average temperature is on track to increase by more than 3 degrees celsius, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – unleashing …

North India floods: As rains kill more than 100 in India, what makes south Asia’s monsoons deadlier?
1 year, 5 months ago

North India floods: As rains kill more than 100 in India, what makes south Asia’s monsoons deadlier?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Recent heavy rains and flash floods remind us of one of the important impacts of climate change on monsoon,” …

Flooding displaces 10,000 around China as Beijing gets a slight respite from an extreme heat wave
1 year, 6 months ago

Flooding displaces 10,000 around China as Beijing gets a slight respite from an extreme heat wave

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Heavy flooding has displaced thousands …

Explained | Was India’s hot summer of 2023 the first of many to come?
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | Was India’s hot summer of 2023 the first of many to come?

The Hindu  

It will be fair to say that many of us are looking forward to the monsoon season this year, eager to put behind us one of the hottest summers ever on record. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report warned of prolonged rain-free periods along with excessive rainfall in many parts of the world. There is also …

South Asia’s climate migration is a ticking bomb
1 year, 7 months ago

South Asia’s climate migration is a ticking bomb

The Hindu  

June 5 marked the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day which was started by the United Nations in June 1972 at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Area of climate displacement hotspots South Asia houses the world’s most impacted climate displacement hotspots, including the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region, coastal areas, island nations, and deltaic and semi-arid regions. In South Asia, …

CLIMATE CHANGE | India’s sweltering heatwaves cause unbearable suffering
1 year, 7 months ago

CLIMATE CHANGE | India’s sweltering heatwaves cause unbearable suffering

The Hindu  

Published : May 31, 2023 14:43 IST - 4 MINS READ Blistering heat has taken a toll on people’s lives in large parts of India as temperatures went as high as 45 degrees Celsius in recent weeks. If current warming trends continue, temperatures will rise so high that the human body’s ability to maintain a stable internal temperature and expel …

Heat waves which used to occur once in a century are now expected once in five years: study
1 year, 7 months ago

Heat waves which used to occur once in a century are now expected once in five years: study

The Hindu  

An international team comprising leading climate scientists, which studied the extremely humid heat in South and Southeast Asia in April 2023, said that heat waves in India and Bangladesh which used to occur less than once a century on average can now be expected around once in five years. According to rapid attribution analysis by the team as part of …

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say
1 year, 7 months ago

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — A searing heat wave in parts of southern Asia in April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change, according to a rapid study by international scientists released Wednesday. The World Weather Attribution group uses established models to quickly determine whether climate change played a part in extreme weather events. “We see …

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say
1 year, 7 months ago

Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A searing heat wave in …

Climate crisis made April’s heatwave across Asia 30 times more likely
1 year, 7 months ago

Climate crisis made April’s heatwave across Asia 30 times more likely

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The blistering heatwaves experienced in April across a dozen countries in Asia were made “at …

Scorching heat to rise in India in May, MeT department issues alert
1 year, 8 months ago

Scorching heat to rise in India in May, MeT department issues alert

Live Mint  

India is predicting blistering heat across swathes of the country in May, which could strain the power network, hurt the economy and threaten people’s lives. Parts of northeast India will The South Asian nation has been bracing for a searing summer after record-shattering heat in 2022 that caused widespread suffering and affected global wheat supplies. Heat waves trigger spikes in …

Burning Hot: These regions are likely to witness record-smashing heat waves
1 year, 8 months ago

Burning Hot: These regions are likely to witness record-smashing heat waves

Firstpost  

Afghanistan is the most at-risk region for reporting extreme temperatures, says a new study. It also says that no region is safe from the threat, noting that “statistically implausible” extreme heat waves have occurred between 1959 and 2021 in 31 per cent of regions examined. Papua New Guinea and parts of Central America – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa …

These ‘most-at risk’ hotspots globally vulnerable to deadly heatwaves in coming future, says study
1 year, 8 months ago

These ‘most-at risk’ hotspots globally vulnerable to deadly heatwaves in coming future, says study

Hindustan Times  

The effects of climate change are already being felt in many parts of the world, with extreme temperatures ranging from intense heatwaves to severe cold spells depending on the season. Statistically, these regions are also more likely to experience “record-breaking extremes than other areas.” Now, a study published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday revealed that specific regions around …

DC Edit | Summer may see extreme heat
1 year, 8 months ago

DC Edit | Summer may see extreme heat

Deccan Chronicle  

It’s summer and along with the season heatwaves are inevitable, particularly in El Nino years. It is also a freakish timing of the poll cycles that sees most general elections being held in the peak of summer, as they would probably be in 2024 as well, thus increasing the risk of exposure of people to the hazards of increasing wet …

Record-breaking temperatures in Asia: Thailand issues extreme heat warnings
1 year, 8 months ago

Record-breaking temperatures in Asia: Thailand issues extreme heat warnings

Hindustan Times  

Authorities in Thailand warned residents across the country, including the capital Bangkok, to avoid going outdoors amid record-breaking heatwave. Extreme heat in Asia has also led to a surge in power demand, resulting in power cuts and shortages for millions of people, news agency Reuters reported. Thailand Heat Wave: Motorbike riders wait at the traffic light as temperatures hit a …

One in three people on the planet hit by ‘monster Asian heatwave’
1 year, 8 months ago

One in three people on the planet hit by ‘monster Asian heatwave’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy One in three people on earth are suffering under a “monster Asian heatwave” with temperature …

90% of India vulnerable to heatwave impact, says study
1 year, 8 months ago

90% of India vulnerable to heatwave impact, says study

The Hindu  

Nearly 90% of India is in a “danger zone” from heatwave impact and almost all of Delhi is at the risk of severe heatwave impacts, which is not reflected in its recent state action plan for climate change, says a study published on April 19 in the peer-reviewed PLOS Climate. The study, by Ramit Debnath at the University of Cambridge, …

Tragic unpreparedness: on the Maharashtra heatwave incident
1 year, 8 months ago

Tragic unpreparedness: on the Maharashtra heatwave incident

The Hindu  

The state of the ongoing global climate crisis is such that India is going to have hotter hot days and more of them every year. On April 16, nearly a million people gathered on an uncovered ground in Navi Mumbai for an event in which social activist Dattatreya Narayan received a State award, with Union Ministers Amit Shah and Kapil …

Is India prepared for the threat of extreme heat waves and a ‘wet bulb’ summer? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 8 months ago

Is India prepared for the threat of extreme heat waves and a ‘wet bulb’ summer? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

There have been some dire predictions about how hazardous the heat is going to be this summer. India this year experienced its warmest February since 1877, and in November last year, the World Bank warned that India could become one of the first places in the world where wet-bulb temperatures could increase beyond the survivability threshold of 35°C. Furthermore, last …

Summer resolution: On the IMD’s heat wave forecasts
1 year, 9 months ago

Summer resolution: On the IMD’s heat wave forecasts

The Hindu  

It is not exactly surprising when the India Meteorological Department says that the summer months will be searingly hot. Last week, it proclaimed that most parts of the country are expected to experience above normal maximum temperatures during the “hot weather season”, barring parts of peninsular and northwest India, which would see normal or even below normal ‘maximum’ temperatures. ‘Above …

Global warming making India vulnerable to extreme weather events
1 year, 10 months ago

Global warming making India vulnerable to extreme weather events

Live Mint  

India is likely to witness more extreme weather events, including intense heat waves, heavy flooding and severe drought that pose challenges to food and energy security for the second-most populous nation. Erratic weather conditions expose millions of Indians to climate disasters, kill thousands every year and increase economic hardships by eroding farm productivity. Deadly heat waves strained energy supplies and …

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