A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued a stark warning about the growing impact of extreme weather events and climate change in Asia.
The northern hemisphere currently suffers six times more heat waves than in the eighties and in places where temperatures exceed 45 degrees, temperatures can remain at 40 degrees at night
“We need to step up efforts to help society adjust to what is, unfortunately, becoming the new normal,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a new appeal.
Extreme heat is not only uncomfortable, but it is deadly. Heat waves are expected to become more frequent, more severe, and longer with climate change.
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