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Global climate summary for August 2024
Global climate summary for August 2024FactsNews

Global climate summary for August 2024

The 15th consecutive month of record-setting global temperatures and the second-lowest Antarctic sea ice extent again. The latest NOAA global climate report for August 2024…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 16, 2024 Full article
Storm Boris unleashes central Europe flooding, toll hits 15
Storm Boris unleashes central Europe flooding, toll hits 15News

Storm Boris unleashes central Europe flooding, toll hits 15

By Julia ZAPPEI and Kiyoko METZLER with Jan FLEMR in the Czech Republic | AFP Vienna, Austria - Flooding sparked by Storm Boris in central…
SourceSourceSeptember 16, 2024 Full article
Typhoon Bebinca makes landfall in Shanghai: state media
Typhoon Bebinca makes landfall in Shanghai: state mediaNews

Typhoon Bebinca makes landfall in Shanghai: state media

Shanghai, China (AFP) - Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai on Monday morning, Chinese state media reported, with a red alert in place as strong…
SourceSourceSeptember 16, 2024 Full article
Hurricane Francine makes landfall in US state of Louisiana: NHC
Hurricane Francine makes landfall in US state of Louisiana: NHCNews

Hurricane Francine makes landfall in US state of Louisiana: NHC

Houma, United States (AFP) - Hurricane Francine, a Category 2 storm, made landfall Wednesday evening along the southeastern US state of Louisiana, according to the…
SourceSourceSeptember 12, 2024 Full article
Nearly half a billion children endure increasingly extreme heat, warns UNICEF
Nearly half a billion children endure increasingly extreme heat, warns UNICEFClimate

Nearly half a billion children endure increasingly extreme heat, warns UNICEF

A new UNICEF analysis has revealed that one in five children worldwide - approximately 466 million - now live in regions experiencing at least twice…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 3, 2024 Full article
New model enhances accuracy of flash flood predictions
New model enhances accuracy of flash flood predictionsScience

New model enhances accuracy of flash flood predictions

An international team of climate scientists has developed a new approach that offers significant advancements in predicting life-threatening flash floods triggered by extreme rainfall. This…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 30, 2024 Full article
12 dead, more than 20 missing after Yemen floods: Huthi media
12 dead, more than 20 missing after Yemen floods: Huthi mediaNews

12 dead, more than 20 missing after Yemen floods: Huthi media

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP) - Flash floods triggered by torrential rainfall have killed at least 12 people and left more than 20 others missing…
SourceSourceAugust 28, 2024 Full article
Thousands told to evacuate as ‘extremely strong’ typhoon nears Japan
Thousands told to evacuate as ‘extremely strong’ typhoon nears JapanNews

Thousands told to evacuate as ‘extremely strong’ typhoon nears Japan

By Kyoko HASEGAWA | AFP Tokyo - Japan braced Wednesday for its strongest typhoon of the year, with authorities advising tens of thousands of people…
SourceSourceAugust 28, 2024 Full article
AI links heat waves to global warming, a game-changer for climate science
AI links heat waves to global warming, a game-changer for climate scienceScience

AI links heat waves to global warming, a game-changer for climate science

Stanford and Colorado State University researchers have harnessed the power of machine learning to uncover the true impact of global warming on extreme weather, revolutionizing…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 22, 2024 Full article
Global climate summary for July 2024
Global climate summary for July 2024ClimateFacts

Global climate summary for July 2024

July 2024 has officially become the warmest July ever recorded globally, according to data released by NOAA. The global surface temperature for the month was…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 15, 2024 Full article
Japan cancels flights and trains as another typhoon approaches
Japan cancels flights and trains as another typhoon approachesNews

Japan cancels flights and trains as another typhoon approaches

Tokyo, Japan (AFP) - Hundreds of Japanese flights and trains were cancelled Thursday in the middle of a major holiday week as another typhoon roared…
SourceSourceAugust 15, 2024 Full article
Korean peninsula swelters, Seoul nears ‘tropical nights’ record
Korean peninsula swelters, Seoul nears ‘tropical nights’ recordNews

Korean peninsula swelters, Seoul nears ‘tropical nights’ record

Seoul, South Korea (AFP) - A streak of super-hot tropical nights is set to break a century-old South Korean weather record, according to official data…
SourceSourceAugust 14, 2024 Full article
Climate Warming and Rainfall Variability in the Three Gorges Region in 2022–2023
Climate Warming and Rainfall Variability in the Three Gorges Region in 2022–2023Science

Climate Warming and Rainfall Variability in the Three Gorges Region in 2022–2023

By Institute of Atmospheric Physics | Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) The Three Gorges Region of the Yangtze River (TGR) in China has a unique…
SourceSourceAugust 9, 2024 Full article
Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research shows
Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research showsClimate

Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage, research shows

By University of Melbourne The Great Barrier Reef is under significant pressure, with warming sea temperatures and mass coral bleaching events threatening to destroy the…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2024 Full article
Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coast
Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coastNews

Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coast

Miami, United States (AFP) (UPDATED) - Tropical Storm Debby drenched Florida on Monday, killing at least four people and threatening southeastern US states with heavy…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2024 Full article
Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Insights from the California Health Interview Survey
Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Insights from the California Health Interview SurveyClimate

Exposure to Climate Events and Mental Health: Insights from the California Health Interview Survey

The link between climate change and mental health has become increasingly apparent, with more than one in five Californians affected by climate events reporting negative…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 3, 2024 Full article
Heat claims over 175,000 lives annually in Europe: WHO
Heat claims over 175,000 lives annually in Europe: WHONews

Heat claims over 175,000 lives annually in Europe: WHO

In a dire warning issued yesterday, Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, highlighted the escalating threat of extreme heat in the…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 2, 2024 Full article
NASA data shows July 22 was Earth’s hottest day on record
NASA data shows July 22 was Earth’s hottest day on recordClimate

NASA data shows July 22 was Earth’s hottest day on record

By NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July…
SourceSourceJuly 30, 2024 Full article
Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern China
Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern ChinaClimateNews

Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern China

By Isabel Kua and Oliver Hotham | AFP Beijing, China - Authorities evacuated nearly 300,000 people and suspended public transport across eastern China on Friday,…
SourceSourceJuly 26, 2024 Full article
UN Secretary-General Issues Call to Action on Extreme Heat Amid Record Temperatures
UN Secretary-General Issues Call to Action on Extreme Heat Amid Record TemperaturesClimateNews

UN Secretary-General Issues Call to Action on Extreme Heat Amid Record Temperatures

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has joined nine other specialized United Nations entities in supporting UN Secretary-General António Guterres' Call to Action on Extreme Heat.…
SourceSourceJuly 26, 2024 Full article
Humanity suffering from ‘extreme heat epidemic,’ UN chief warns
Humanity suffering from ‘extreme heat epidemic,’ UN chief warnsClimateNews

Humanity suffering from ‘extreme heat epidemic,’ UN chief warns

By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS | AFP United Nations, United States - Humanity is suffering from an "extreme heat epidemic," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday, calling…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article
Morocco heatwave kills more than 20 people in 24 hours
Morocco heatwave kills more than 20 people in 24 hoursClimateNews

Morocco heatwave kills more than 20 people in 24 hours

Rabat, Morocco (AFP) - A heatwave in Morocco has killed at least 21 people in a 24-hour period in the central city of Beni Mellal,…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article
Philippine death toll from typhoon-fuelled rains hits 20: police
Philippine death toll from typhoon-fuelled rains hits 20: policeNews

Philippine death toll from typhoon-fuelled rains hits 20: police

Manila, Philippines (AFP) - Relentless rain fuelled by Typhoon Gaemi left at least 20 people dead in the northern Philippines, police said Thursday, as clean-up…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article
Global climate summary for June 2024
Global climate summary for June 2024ClimateFacts

Global climate summary for June 2024

By NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and Global Precipitation Climatology Project | University of Maryland Highlights Temperatures were above average over much of the…
SourceSourceJuly 19, 2024 Full article