Europe scorched by hot storm, many parts of America, India, South Korea submerged due to flood

As predicted, climate change has made extreme weather events more common, intense and frequent around the world. While India suffers from flooding due to incessant rains, Europe is facing record-breaking heatwaves, and the western United States is in a similar situation. We keep track of extreme weather developments happening globally. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday blamed authorities’ failure to follow disaster response rules as the death toll from several days of torrential rain rose to 40, including a dozen people found dead in a submerged underpass. are also included. Twelve people were killed in a tunnel in Cheongju, 110 km south of Seoul, where 16 vehicles, including a bus, were swept away by a flash flood after a river embankment collapsed on Saturday, Reuters reported. Floods have killed dozens in the recent rainy season as weather patterns have become more extreme. Firefighters battling La Palma wildfires The situation is starkly different on Spain’s La Palma island, where firefighters were trying to bring a wildfire under control, which has grown out of control and forced at least 4,000 people to evacuate. I was forced to Ten air units and 300 firefighters on the ground tried to bring a wildfire under control on the island, which is part of the Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa and faced extreme temperatures similar to the heatwave affecting southern Europe Is. Flash floods hit our Northeast At least five people were killed in heavy rain and flooding over the weekend in Philadelphia, where nearly 7 inches of rain fell in just 45 minutes late Saturday. New York Governor Cathy Hochul on Sunday urged her state’s residents to avoid traveling until the rain is over, saying that “your car could go from a place of safety to a place of death” if it is swept away by flash floods. Rainfall was expected to subside on Monday, but still lashed much of the Northeast in recent days, with devastating flooding reported in its capital, Montpelier, especially in Vermont. Italy issued a red heat weather alert for 16 cities on Sunday, with meteorologists warning that temperatures across southern Europe will reach record highs in the coming days. Spain, Italy and Greece are already bracing for days of extreme temperatures, damaging agriculture and forcing tourists to scramble for shade. But a new anticyclone called Charon, the sailor of the dead in Greek mythology, entered the region from North Africa on Sunday and brought temperatures above 45 Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) to parts of Italy earlier this week. can go up. Deadly flood engulfs Assam The flood situation in Assam remains grim as nearly 1 lakh people in 10 districts have been affected by the deluge. Over 98,800 people were affected due to floods in Sonitpur, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Sivasagar and Udalguri districts. Golaghat was the worst affected and around 29,000 people were affected. The Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger mark at Dhubri, Tezpur and Nematighat, while its tributary Dikhau was in spate at Sivasagar.