Dozens of people have died in Japan in what officials have called an "unprecedented" heatwave, while California has also notched up record temperatures of up to 48.9 C in Chino. "Generally we have heatwaves in one part of the planet," said Anders Levermann, a professor at the Postdam Inst...
Japan has been enduring an intense heatwave since the middle of last week, with multiple cities and prefectures nearing 40°C (104°F) for several consecutive days. To compare, the average daytime temperature in August for Hamamatsu between 1898 and 2010 was 31.3°C (88.34°F), the JMA said...
A blistering heatwave smothered swathes of flood-hit western Japan Monday, hampering clean-up efforts as survivors and relief workers toil in stifling temperatures a week after devastating inundations that killed more than 200 people. Tens of thousands of rescue workers are still digging through the...
Southern hemisphere eastern boundary upwelling systems emerging as future marine heatwave hotspots under greenhouse warming Article Open access 03 January 2023 Introduction The East Sea (ES) is a small marginal sea in the northwestern Pacific enclosed by countries such as Korea, Russia, and Japan (...
Sim, W. Earthquakes, rains, heatwave, typhoon: Japan’s brutal summer of 2018. The Straits Times, 8 September 2018. Available online: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/earthquakes-rains-heatwave-typhoon-japans-brutal-summer-2018(accessed on 29 January 2020). Fujimura, K. 2018: Ja...
Japan is preparing for the 2020 Olympics. ©iStockphoto.com/Crisfotolux Tokyo will host the Summer Olympic Gamesfrom July 24 to August 9, 2020. Summer Heatwave Following this year's devastating heatwave inJapan, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee is consideringDaylight Saving Time(DST) as ...
Asian spot LNG prices held around $10 last month as a heatwave gripped Japan and high temperatures swept across South Korea and parts of China, boosting cooling demand. The average price of spot LNG cargoes that arrived in Japan last month was $10.30 per mmBtu. ...
Exceptional atmospheric conditions in June 2023 generated a northwest European marine heatwave which contributed to breaking land temperature records Introduction Winter weather in some plains regions of Japan facing the Japan Sea is distinguished by receiving deep snow accumulation1. Some of these heavy ...
So the public chosethis kanji character.Flood waters swept across the country inJuly, 2018, (4)(kill) nearly 200 peopleand causing the evacuation (疏散) of almost ninemillion people. In the same month at least 65people(5)(die)in a heatwave that causedmore than 22,000 people to be sent...
Japan is currently going through a heatwave and some of the hottest temperatures are right in our area. Possibly the many super hot campaigns currently available through our blog and site are contributing factors. The RHDJapan team will continue to stay cool and push out the hottest campaigns ...