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Global top 10 weather and climate events in 2024
On January 24, theselectionresultsof the top 10 domestic and global weather and climate events in 2024 areunveiledduring the monthly press conference of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), a fresh call for effective adapting actions to climate change.
In the context of climate warming,China was characterized by a noticeablewarm and humid climate, andfrequent and intenseextreme weatherevents, creating many record-shatteringevents.Regardingboth China and theentireworld, 2024wasthe warmest year on record. Climate anomalies alsotriggeredmyriadmeteorological disastersworldwide, such as heat waves, droughts, heavy rain and floods, typhoons/hurricanes and forest wildfires.
Top 10 global weather and climate events are as follows:
1.The Sahara Desert suffered rare floodingin 5 decadesin September, 2024
2.Super Typhoon Yagiplaguedmany Asian countries
3.Extreme summer heatwavein the Persian Gulfjeopardized human health
4.Worst drought in a century gripped southern Africa
5.The United Arab Emirates exposed to the heaviest rainfall in 75 yearsin April, 2024
6.Global temperature record shattered againas climate continued to warm
7.Spain was raged byheavy rain and flooding in autumn
8.Rare phenomenon of 4 typhoons over the northwestern Pacific simultaneously on November 12, 2024
9.Tornadoes and heavy hailstorms hit many parts of the United States
10.The strongest geomagnetic storm in over two decades ignitedremarkable display of the aurora borealis
The selection campaign is hosted by CMA and organized by the National Climate Centre (NCC), also in conjuction with departments like theNational Meteorological Centre (NMC),theNational SatelliteMeteorologicalCentre (NSMC), CMA PublicMeteorologicalService Centre and CMA Communication and Outreach Centre (China Meteorological News Press), whichaims to arouse the public's attention to meteorological disasters and extreme weather and climate events, enhance the initiative of meteorological disaster prevention andtheawareness of self-rescue and mutual rescue, andboostthe ability of the whole society toguard againstmeteorological disasters.
