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An unusual winter heat wave has brought record high temperatures to cities across Argentina, Chile and Paraguay this week, triggering concerns about the impacts of climate change.
The government announced a two-day public holiday, ordering all government agencies, banks and schools to close amid soaring temperatures that threatened public health and strained the power grid.
Landslides and flash flooding threatened outer districts of the city, and more than 5,000 residents were evacuated from their homes, the authorities said.
The typhoon is the most powerful to make landfall in China this year and second-strongest to hit southeastern Fujian province since Typhoon Meranti in 2016.
“No more hesitancy, no more excuses, no more waiting for others to move first. There is simply no more time for that,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
Architectural styles and construction materials can significantly reduce the need for air-conditioning during heat waves, according to sustainable architecture experts.
July is traditionally the hottest month of the year, and the EU said it did not project August would surpass the record set this month.
Without human-induced climate change, the events this month would have been ‘extremely rare,’ according to a study by World Weather Attribution.
Several climate scientists say this month’s heat is likely the hottest Earth has been in about 120,000 years, easily the hottest of human civilization.
Parts of the province recorded its heaviest rainfall since 1971. The flooding forced hundreds to evacuate, officials said.