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Khanun continued on a northward track into the day on Thursday, making landfall on Geoje Island, off the southeast coast, on Thursday at 9:20 a.m. local time, according to the Korea Meteorological ...
The 2024 South Korean snowstorm is a historic weather event that occurred between 26 and 28 November 2024, marking South Korea's most substantial November snowfall in 52 years and Seoul's heaviest snowfall since the beginning of record-keeping in 1907. The storm set several snowfall records across the nation, and caused widespread disruption to ...
Since April 2024, several Southeast Asian countries have experienced record-breaking temperatures which have left several people dead. [1] [2] Heat indices peaked at 53 °C (127 °F) in Iba in the Philippines on 28 April 2024. The heat wave has been attributed to a combination of causes, including climate change and El Niño. [1]
The current administration was established in 1990. Temporary observatories set up in 1904 in Busan, Incheon, Mokpo and elsewhere were precursors to the current KMA. The Central Meteorological Office (CMO) was established in August 1949. In April 1978, CMO was renamed the Korea Meteorological Service (KMS).
However, he resigned the position after less than a month due to the ongoing controversy over Chae's death. [32] In September 2024, the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the South Korean Parliament passed a bill calling for a special counsel probe into allegations of government interference into the investigations on Chae's death. [ 33 ]
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).
The East Asian rainy season (Chinese and Japanese: 梅雨; pinyin: méiyǔ; rōmaji: tsuyu/baiu; Korean: 장마; romaja: jangma), also called the plum rain, is caused by precipitation along a persistent stationary front known as the Meiyu front for nearly two months during the late spring and early summer in East Asia between China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
Europe's luxury carmakers once dominated in China, but are now under intense pressure. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche have all reported slumping sales in the world's largest auto market.