Global Extreme Weather Changes: Heatwaves and Heavy Rain Causing Widespread Damage

2023-07-14 15:56:00

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Extreme weather changes, such as heat exceeding 40 degrees and heavy rain exceeding 200 mm per day, hit all parts of the world, causing damage one following another.

El Niño, which came for the first time in four years, is the cause, and there are constant warnings that such extreme weather events may continue.

This is reporter Kim Jin-ho’s report.

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Southern Europe, including Spain and Italy, is currently suffering from extreme heat waves.

In Spain, alerts have been issued in 34 provinces as high temperatures soared above 44 degrees Celsius in some areas.

Many European countries, such as Italy and Romania, are also suffering from heatwaves exceeding 40 degrees.

America’s heat is also serious.

[톰 프리더스 / 미 국립기상청 피닉스 지부 기상학자 : 캘리포니아에서 애리조나, 텍사스 서부에 이르기까지 남서부 전역에서 일일 최고 기온 기록이 경신될 가능성이 있습니다.]

[오마르 바도르 / 세계기상기구 기후 관측 책임자 : 7월 첫째 주는 역대 가장 따뜻한 기간 또는 가장 따뜻한 주간으로 기록될 수 있습니다.]

On the other hand, in Vermont, the eastern part of the United States, more than 200mm of torrential rain poured over a full day, and it is estimated that this heavy rain caused more than 6 trillion won in damage in the northeastern region alone.

In India and Japan, heavy rains also caused great loss of life.

Experts attribute the extreme weather changes to the fact that El Niño, a phenomenon of rising water temperatures in the eastern Pacific near the equator, came this year.

The problem is that El Niño is just the beginning and will only get stronger.

[마이클 스패로우 / 세계기상기구 세계기후연구프로그램 총괄 : 엘니뇨가 본격 시작되지 않았는데 하반기인 10월과 11월에는 엘니뇨로 인해 기온이 훨씬 더 높아질 것으로 예상됩니다.]

Various meteorological disasters such as frequent heat and heavy rains are expected to cause various problems such as food problems, so it seems that it will not be an easy year.

This is YTN Kim Jin-ho.

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