Harshit Singh
- In practically every nation on earth, the situation has gotten worse due to climate change.
- In brief, numerous people have died as a result of floods in recent wet seasons.
- In La Palma, firefighters were attempting to put out a wildfire.
At least five people died in Philadelphia over the weekend due to rain and flash flooding. Extreme weather has become significantly more regular, intense, and common over the world as a result of climate change, as projected.
While India is experiencing flash floods as a result of constant rain, Europe is dealing with a heat wave that is breaking records, and a similar situation is reaching its zenith in western America.
FLOODING IS RARE SAINT KOREA
The death toll following days of severe rain in South Korea increased to 40 on Monday, including a dozen individuals who were discovered dead in a submerged subway. President Yoon Suk Yeol criticised the inability of officials to follow disaster response guidelines.
In a tunnel in Cheongju, 110 kilometres south of Seoul, where 16 cars, including a bus, were engulfed by a flash flood on Saturday after a river levee failed, twelve people were confirmed dead by Reuters. In recent rainy seasons, floods have taken scores of lives as a result of more catastrophic weather patterns.
BURNING LA PALMA WILDFIRES: FIREFIGHTERS
On the Spanish island of La Palma, where firemen were attempting to put out a wildfire that had gotten out of control and caused the evacuation of at least 4,000 people, the scenario was very different.
The island, which is a part of the Canaries archipelago off the coast of western Africa and has experienced severe temperatures similar to those witnessed in a heatwave afflicting southern Europe, was under fire when 300 firefighters on the ground and ten aerial units attempted to put it out.
FLASH FLOODS ATTACK US IN THE NORTHEAST
At least five people died in flash floods and rainstorms over the weekend in Philadelphia, which received over 7 inches of rain in only 45 minutes late on Saturday. Governor Kathy Hochul of New York advised citizens to postpone travel until the rain stops on Sunday, warning that if a car is caught in a flash flood, “it can go from a place of safety to a place of death.”
Even though it was predicted that the rain would stop on Monday, the recent downpours wreaked havoc across much of the Northeast, with Vermont in particular reporting catastrophic flooding in its capital city of Montpelier.
SOUTHERN EUROPE IS BAKED BY A HEAT STORM
On Sunday, meteorologists in Italy issued hot weather red alerts for 16 towns, warning that temperatures in southern Europe may soon reach record highs. Heat waves have been plaguing Spain, Italy, and Greece for a few days now, harming crops and sending tourists scrambling for cover. However, a fresh anticyclone named Charon, who in Greek mythology was the ferryman of the dead, moved into the area on Sunday from North Africa and may cause temperatures in some regions of Italy to rise beyond 45 Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) early this week.
Assam’s flood scenario remained dire as the inundation affected about 1 lakh people in 10 districts. Sonitpur, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Sivasagar, and Udalguri districts all experienced flooding that had an impact on almost 98,800 people. The hardest affected area was Golaghat, where over 29,000 individuals were impacted.
In Dhubri, Tezpur, and Neamatighat, the Brahmaputra was flowing beyond the danger mark, while its tributary Dikhou was in spate in Sivasagar.
We keep tabs on global developments in extreme weather.
