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People walk amid scorching heat in Tokyo’s Ginza district on Tuesday. The Japan Meteorological Agency has warned people to take precautions against an early heatwave that has enveloped the nation. Photo: Kyodo
Japan

Japan on alert against scorching temperatures after 4 die of heatstroke

Meteorological agency issues precautions against early heatwave, as experts warn temperatures this year are likely to be ‘above normal’.

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Climate change

Why rice could survive better in a warming world

Climate change

‘Crunch time’ for climate as scientists issue urgent global warning

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Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong’s rainy weather to ease in coming days, Observatory says

Conditions set to improve with sunny intervals emerging on Wednesday, following amber rainstorm warning on Tuesday.

Hong Kong has issued an amber rainstorm signal. Photo: Jelly Tse
Climate change

‘Largest programme in history’: UK commits £8 billion to flood defence

With agricultural land, roads, railway lines and millions of properties already at risk of flooding, the cash will go on both nature-based solutions and building barriers.

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Hong Kong weather

Wutip: Hong Kong cancels all typhoon signals on Sunday afternoon

‘In the past few hours, Wutip continued to depart from Hong Kong; local winds also moderated progressively,’ Observatory says.

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Hong Kong weather

Severe Tropical Storm Wutip: Hong Kong’s T1 alert to remain in force for Friday

Observatory says it is assessing whether to move to a higher signal on Saturday afternoon.

Wutip is named after the Cantonese word for “butterfly”. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong T1 signal to remain in force on Thursday morning as Wutip brings rain

Forecaster says temperatures are expected to reach 33 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.

India

India’s ‘unbearable’ heatwave hits 47 degrees, sparking health emergency alerts

The severe heatwave has also led to soaring energy demand, which has strained power grids.

Malaysia

Malaysia faces searing heatwave as temperatures hit high of 37 degrees

Health experts warn that the methods used in Malaysia to assess health risks from extreme heat are inadequate.

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Six areas in Peninsular Malaysia experienced maximum daily temperatures of between 35 and 37 degrees Celsius for three consecutive days last week. Photo: Reuters
India

Only thing that grows is debt: how climate change fuels farmer suicides in India

Water shortages and climate change are driving crop failures and debt in India’s agriculture sector, which employs 45 per cent of the population.

Shaikh Imran shows a photo of his brother Shaikh Latif Sheru, a farmer who committed suicide due to mounting financial loans. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong to issue No 1 typhoon warning signal as early as Tuesday night

Residents have also been warned to brace for very hot weather in coming days, with temperatures expected to hit 34 degrees Celsius.

India

Will India’s monsoon season wash away Modi’s infrastructure plans?

Early monsoons in India are testing its infrastructure resilience, causing damage and highlighting the need for climate-adaptive policies.

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Climate change

Rising snow and glacier melt puts almost 2 billion in South Asia at risk: report

The risks are aggravated by black carbon pollution, which could curb water supply from many rivers flowing through the Himalayan plains.

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Snow and glacier melt across the Himalayas has been accelerating, aggravated by black carbon pollution. Photo: EPA-EFE
Canada

Thousands evacuated in 3 Canada provinces as wildfires rage

Smoke was worsening air quality in Canada and into some US states along the border.

A large wildfire in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. Thousands of people in the area have been evacuated from their homes and Manitoba has declared a state of emergency. Photo: Government of Manitoba / EPA-EFE
India

At least 22 dead as India monsoon rains wreak havoc in northeast

Non-stop rains over the last few days have triggered landslides and flash flooding in areas such as Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

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Nepal

Swiss Birch glacier collapse is a chilling warning to Asia

At-risk regions like the Himalayas would benefit from the early-warning system which averted mass casualties in Switzerland, experts say.

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Japan

Japan reschedules iconic summer festivals to avoid increasingly extreme heat

Faced with record high temperatures and ageing communities, event organisers are adapting to keep traditions alive.

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Spectators throw buckets of water onto a portable shrine during the Fukagawa summer festival in Tokyo on August 15, 1999, a ritual meant to purify and cool participants amid the summer heat. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong Observatory cancels amber rainstorm warning

Forecaster issued a special weather warning of widespread heavy rain, before cancelling alert more than two hours later.

Climate change

Killer heat ahead: new global forecast warns of deadly climate extremes

World is likely to break another annual temperature record in the next five years, scientists predict.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Editorial | Technology can help as Hong Kong’s rainy season poses threat of landslides

City has made advances to guard against dangerous slopes, but with climate change affecting weather patterns, vigilance remains paramount.

A landslide is cleared by workers on a road leading to Shek O and Big Wave Bay in Hong Kong in September 2023. Photo: AFP
Australia

What’s in the air? Australian state reels from deluge of dust

New South Wales is grappling with a widespread dust storm days after record flooding that killed five and displaced 50,000 people.

A dust storm from drought-stricken South Australia hit coastal New South Wales on Tuesday morning. Photo: X/@fictillius
Pakistan

Extreme weather, heatwave kills at least 14 in Pakistan

Most were killed by collapsing walls and roofs, but at least two people died after being hit by solar panels dislodged by the wind.

India

Monsoon early arrival in India raises hopes for bumper harvests

This is the rains’ earliest arrival in 16 years and offers the promise of a bumper harvest and relief from a gruelling heatwave.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong to spend HK$300 million on flood-control steps to protect from megastorms

Authorities outline strategies and facility upgrades to better protect city from extreme weather events such as super typhoons and flooding that hit in 2023.

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Chai Wan is flooded during a massive storm in 2023. Photo: Dickson Lee
Australia

‘Without volunteers, hundreds dead’: 4 die in record floods in Australia

New South Wales Premier Christopher Minns praised emergency services and volunteers for rescuing 678 people in recent days in ‘amazing, heroic effort’.

A man sits on the balcony of a house surrounded by floodwaters in Port Macquarie, north of Sydney, Australia, on Friday. Photo: via AP
Climate change

Opinion | With China’s leadership, green industry growth can smooth trade turmoil

Clean energy and climate investments are not just environmental imperatives but economic opportunities. China is already a world leader in these.

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Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong Observatory issues third ‘very hot weather’ warning in 5 days

Forecaster urges residents to take precautions as temperatures exceed 30 degrees Celsius in most places.

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