Heat wave is affecting hundreds of millions of people across East Asia (including China) and South East Asia
A punishing heat wave is affecting hundreds of millions of people across East Asia (including China) and South East Asia, with monthly and all-time temperature records falling repeatedly. And the heat shows no signs of slowing.
The heat, exacerbated by climate change, is proving relentless and fatal in many areas.
Studies on recent extreme heat events in East Asia have found that human-caused climate change drastically increased their likelihood and severity.
Heat is the weather hazard most straightforwardly attributed to global warming, with the odds of so-called “long tail” or extreme heat events climbing quickly even with relatively small increases in global average surface temperatures.
Source: Axios, May 2, 2024. https://www.axios.com/2024/05/02/east-asia-heat-wave-records