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Beginning in March, warmer weather has contributed to an increase of dengue fever infections in Indonesia. [9] By the week of 8 April, there were 62,001 infections and 475 deaths from dengue, compared to 22,551 infections and 170 deaths in the same period of 2023. [ 10 ]
Southeast Asia's traditional wet season, which typically spans October through March, is driven by the Australian-Indonesian monsoon (AIM) system. This meteorological phenomenon generates air currents flowing from Asia toward Australia, transporting significant moisture that results in substantial precipitation across the region.
For Bangkok, March ended with temperatures 2.2 F (1.2 C) above the historical average. In April, that number was 4.5 F (2.5 C), and the number is over 6 F (3.3 C) above the historical average so ...
A May study by the World Weather Attribution found that the heat wave was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change in India and Bangladesh, [81] [53] and that climate change raised temperatures by at least 2 °C (3.6 °F) in many parts of Asia in April. [82] [52] [53]
Since 2005, Southeast Asia has experienced an annual haze due to a combination of human activities and climate factors that promote both drought and natural fires, researchers note in the journal ...
A humid subtropical climate is a subtropical-temperate climate type, characterized by long and hot summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° and are located poleward from adjacent tropical climates, and equatorward from either humid continental (in North America and Asia ...
The Southern sections of Asia are mild to hot, while far northeastern areas such as Siberia are very cold, and East Asia has a temperate climate. The highest temperature recorded in Asia was 54 °C (at Ahvaz Airport, Iran on June 29, 2017, and at Tirat Zvi, Israel on June 21, 1942).
Hydropower dams in the Mekong River, the world's 10th largest, is reducing fish stocks and causing the erosion of river banks — developments that threaten the livelihoods of some 60 million people.