This pattern is especially pronounced in Asia, which according to the World Meteorological Organization is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average. The region has lost $2 trillion (£1.5 trillion) to extreme weather – from floods to heatwaves and droughts – over the past three decades, according to the annual Climate Risk Index survey. Japan marked its hottest day on record on Tuesday, with 41.8C (107F) registered in Isesaki city, Gunma prefecture.
torsdag 7. august 2025
From heatwaves to floods: Extreme weather sweeps across Asia
While torrential rains lash China, Pakistan and parts of India, sweltering heat has enveloped Japan and South Korea as extreme weather claims hundreds of lives in the region. Climate change has made weather extremities more intense, frequent and unpredictable, scientists say.
This pattern is especially pronounced in Asia, which according to the World Meteorological Organization is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average. The region has lost $2 trillion (£1.5 trillion) to extreme weather – from floods to heatwaves and droughts – over the past three decades, according to the annual Climate Risk Index survey. Japan marked its hottest day on record on Tuesday, with 41.8C (107F) registered in Isesaki city, Gunma prefecture.
This pattern is especially pronounced in Asia, which according to the World Meteorological Organization is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average. The region has lost $2 trillion (£1.5 trillion) to extreme weather – from floods to heatwaves and droughts – over the past three decades, according to the annual Climate Risk Index survey. Japan marked its hottest day on record on Tuesday, with 41.8C (107F) registered in Isesaki city, Gunma prefecture.
