Climate Threat

Hurricane Season
More Typhoons in the Pacific Ocean – El Niño Believed to Be the Cause

While China searches for missing people and rescues those trapped in floods after Typhoon Maysak, the country must prepare for the “super typhoon” Bavi, several media outlets report.

Scientists warn that similar extreme weather will be more common this year, writes Reuters. The reason is the climate phenomenon El Niño, where higher temperatures make typhoons more intense.

– El Niño shifts the paths of typhoons westward towards China’s coast and increases the risks, while climate change makes the storms more rainy and more devastating, says Hui Su, a professor at the University of Hong Kong.

This year, six typhoons are expected to form in the Pacific Ocean and South China Sea during the month of July. That is more than the average of 3.8, according to China’s National Climate Center. Normally, 1.8 of them move over

At least 17 dead in China after Typhoon Maysak

At least 17 people have died after Typhoon Maysak swept across southern and central China, AFP reports.

Above all, the Guangxi region has been hit hardest, where 130,000 were forced to evacuate and six people died. Some 40 rivers have flooded and destroyed almost 13,000 hectares of farmland, according to state media. In the city of Renhe, the water level reached the knees on Monday.

- The floods happened so quickly, the water just came so fast, a woman from the area tells the BBC.

In Hubei, 11 people died and 331 were injured when the storm moved in. Several houses collapsed and were washed away in the water masses and around 4,800 houses were damaged.

At the same time, the country is preparing for the “super typhoon” Bavi to hit Taiwan on Friday, and move into eastern China over the weekend.

country, now three of them are expected to do so.

Extreme weather in Europe
New heat record in Barcelona, ​​Spain – 40.5 degrees

On Wednesday, the thermometer in Barcelona, ​​Spain, showed 40.5 degrees, reports AFP. This is the highest temperature recorded in the city since measurements began 112 years ago.

The previous record, 40 degrees, was set in the summer of 2024.

Spain, like several other European countries, has been hit by an extreme heat wave.