With its average temperature of 1.04 ° C from the last 30-year average, 2024 was ranked as the hottest year for Asia on records due to different dataset interpretations, and its warming was almost double as a global average, stated in a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The effects of this high rate of warming in 2024 appeared through a series of extreme weather events, such as 29 tropical cyclones, long and intense heat waves, and extreme rainfall incidence, which killed thousands of people simultaneously. These weather events also caused mass damage to local communities and economies.
The climate situation in the Asia 2024 report said, “The trend of warming between 1991–2024 was almost doubled during the period of 1961–1990.” The report has been prepared by WMO in collaboration with regional and international meteorological organizations.
“The extreme weather is already accurately accurate to an unacceptable high toll,” said Professor Celeste Shaolo, General Secretary, WMO. He said that the report states how changes in major climate indicators such as surface temperature, glacier mass and sea level would be the major results for societies, economies and ecosystems in the region.
The WMO report stated that the surface temperature was almost warmer than average for almost the entire region, and they were especially above the average from Japan from Western China, at the Indochina Peninsula, the Middle East and Middle Northern Siberia. For example, Japan experienced its hottest year on records, more than the previous record set in 2023.
The region was also killed by acute land heat waves as well as sea heat waves. East Asia witnessed heatwave for a long time from April to November, and the monthly average temperature records in Japan, Republic of Korea and China were shattered. In India, excessive Heatwaves said due to more than 450 deaths across the country. India also saw deadly power incidents, killing about 1,300 people across the country.
Among the tropical cyclones, Yagi was the strongest and most deadly in 2024. This affected the Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, and according to estimates, the loss went into billions of dollars.
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The Northern Indian Ocean, adjacent to the seas of Japan and yellow and eastern China, faced a particularly severe or extreme intensity of the maritime heatwave. In terms of its limit, marine heatwaves set a record in 2024, affecting an area of about 15 million square kilometers.
While four tropical cyclone-raimal, fungal, Dana-Ne made a landfall in the Indian sub-continent and killed around 90 people, Cyclone Asna, originated from the Arabian Sea, flooded in Gujarat and about 50 people died.
In terms of rainfall, the Arab desert above normal rain, Balochistan, parts of Myanmar, were seen in Japan, and even in some islands and even in Siberian plains. Very heavy rainfall affected Western Asia in mid -April, more than long -term annual average rainfall with daily rainfall in some areas. Dubai Airport received 162.88 mm in 36 hours on 15 and 16 April, including 142 mm on 16 April.
Meanwhile, Pakistan recorded its best record on April, and India saw a deadly rain-trigger landslide in the Wayanad district of Kerala. More than 500 mm of rain in 48 hours was said to be one of the main causes of disaster, killing more than 350 people.
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According to the report, the glaciers continued to lose massively, spread over the Himalayas, Pamir Mountains, Karakoram and Hindu Kush with 23 out of 24 glaciers in the high mountain Asia region of Middle-South Asia.
“Winter snowfall and excessive heat heat in the central Himalayas and most Tian Shan accelerated large -scale damage for most glaciers. In particular, Urumki Glacier No. 1, located in Eastern Tian Shaan, recorded its most negative mass balance since the measurement began in 1959.”
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