Weather tracker: deadly floods devastate northern China | Environment
In recent months, at least 70 people died in northern China after another heavy rain triggered, the last of the excessive rainfall. Between 23-29 July, Beijing and its surrounding areas recorded the average of 166mm equivalent to monthly norms.
Miyun’s suburban region, the annual average of the region equivalent to 543mm recorded the highest rainfall. The death fee contained 31 people in a Miyun care house and a landslide in the city of Chengde, 10 of them swept in a minibus in Shangxi province.
Floods also damaged roads and vital infrastructure, cut more than 130 rural villages and led to the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from their homes.
The increasing frequency of high sensitivity in China has been associated with increasing global temperatures; It allows every degree of atmosphere to hold 7% more moisture in heating.
Meanwhile, Japan is preparing for the tropical storm Crosa on Friday, which is expected to cross the Southeast Kanto region through Izu Islands. Although Krosa went to Japan on the first north-west way, a change in the north-east direction means that the system will avoid a direct stroke. However, close to the Chiba area can bring 120-200 mm rain within 24 hours.
This week, as most Europe has experiences below the average, some parts of Scandinavia were swallowed with unusual intensive heat. Long -term heat wave conditions, extremely high sea surface temperatures on the northern coast of Norway, and sunny air and sinking, swept the north of the continent in the middle of July, caused by a stubborn high -pressure area that compresses air.
As a result, temperatures in Norway, Sweden and Finland rose over 8-10c (46-40f) of seasonal norms and rose for about two weeks. The Norwegian districts of Trøndelag and Nordland exceeded 30C for 13 consecutive days, including SarforSheia, just north of the Arctic circle. It was the hottest two -week period in various fields.
Last week, the heat changed to the north and east, alleviated most of Norway and Sweden, and pushed to 10-15c of normal in Finland and northwest Russia. The upper 20s Celsius temperatures are likely to continue at least for at least the next five days in the north polar circle.
