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In July 2024, temperatures in Japan reached 2.16°C higher than its July averages, breaking the record set in July 2023 at 1.91°C higher. [1] On 29 July, temperatures reached 41 °C (106 °F) at Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, and met or exceeded 40 °C (104 °F) in six other locations that included Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture.
2024 Southeast Asia heat wave. Since April 2024, several Southeast Asian countries have experienced record-breaking temperatures which have left several people dead. [1][2] Heat indices peaked at 53 °C (127 °F) in Iba in the Philippines on 28 April 2024. The heat wave has been attributed to a combination of causes, including climate change ...
The 2024 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean. It is the fifth-latest starting Pacific typhoon season on record. The season runs throughout 2024, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The season's first named storm, Ewiniar ...
Tropical cyclones in 2024. Satellite photo of the 12 tropical cyclones worldwide that reached at least Category 3 on the Saffir–Simpson scale during 2024, from Anggrek in January to John in September. Among them, Yagi (fifth image in the last row) was the most intense with a minimum central pressure of 915 hPa.
Dollar cedes ground, Asia stocks mixed as Fed looms large. Kevin Buckland. September 17, 2024 at 10:19 PM. By Kevin Buckland. TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar ceded some of its overnight gains on ...
gyre. The Kuroshio Current is the west side of the clockwise North Pacific ocean gyre. The Kuroshio Current (黒潮, "Black Tide"), also known as the Black Current or Japan Current (日本海流, Nihon Kairyū) is a north-flowing, warm ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean basin. It was named for the deep blue appearance of ...
Typhoon Ewiniar (2024) Typhoon Ewiniar, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Aghon, was a fairly strong tropical cyclone that impacted parts of the Philippines, particularly Luzon, in May 2024. The first named storm and typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Ewiniar emerged from an area of atmospheric convection 441 km (274 mi) southeast of Palau.
Climate change is an urgent and significant issue affecting Japan. [ 1 ] In recent years, the country has observed notable changes in its climate patterns, with rising temperatures serving as a prominent indicator of this phenomenon. [ 1 ] As an archipelago situated in northeastern Asia, Japan is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of ...