Flash flood warning july 7

The world's oceans grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, as United Nations officials warned that war in Ukraine threatened global climate commitments. Oceans saw the most striking extremes as the WMO detailed a range of turmoil wrought by climate change in its annual "State of the Global Climate" report. It said melting ice sheets had helped push sea levels to new heights in 2021. "Our climate is changing before our eyes. The heat trapped by human-induced greenhouse gases will warm the planet for many generations to come," said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas in a statement. The report follows the latest U.N. climate assessment, which warned that humanity must drastically cut its greenhouse gas emissions or face increasingly catastrophic changes to the world's climate. Dead fish appear on the beaches of La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain, August 21, 2021. Photo: … [Read more...] about World’s oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, climate report warns

Specifically, the North-Central and Mid-Central regions are required to closely monitor warnings and forecast news related to inescapable issues of downpours, lightning, hails, thunderstorms, whirlwinds, flash floods and landslides to promptly announce and give instructions to local residents. As for the coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to Quang Ngai, it is necessary to keep a close watch on weather forecast about blustery and big waves in the sea; proactively notify the worse issues to captains, ship owners, aqua-culturists and those people who work in tourism sites, and travelers to have appropriate production plans and ensure safety for people and properties, arrange rescue forces on duty as required. According to the latest weather news of the National Center for Hydrology Meteorology Forecasting, from tomorrow, a new untimely cold air will spread to the Northern and Central regions bringing heavy rainfalls of up to 120 mm and 150 mm respectively along with the high risk of … [Read more...] about Provinces from Quang Ninh to Quang Ngai need to prepare for inescapable weather

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to experience heavy rain this weekend. According to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, today, May 20, rain has covered more northern localities with a rainfall of 20-50 mm. The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to experience heavy rain this weekend The heavier rain will ravage the northern and northern central regions until May 23. The weather will ease off on May 24. Thunder, hail, and strong wind would happen during the rain. Warnings of flash floods have also been issued for low-lying areas in northern mountainous and midland areas. Heavy rain is predicted to occur in the central, Central Highlands, and southern regions of Vietnam this weekend. The temperature in Vietnam would range from 20 to 33 degrees centigrade in the days to come. … [Read more...] about North to face heavy weekend rain

According to Mekong River Commission (MRC), from November 2021 to April 2022 the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) was wetter than normal years with rainfall 25 percent above average basin-wide. At Thailand's Chiang Saen, the second uppermost monitoring station in the LMB, the level rose from 1.84 meters on Mar. 2 to 3.25 meters on May 11. The latter figure is lower than the 60-year average until 2021, but notably higher than during the drought years of 2019–21. At the Vientiane station in the Laotian capital, water levels even exceeded the 60-year average. In Cambodia, levels along the stretch from the Stung Treng to Kompong Cham monitoring stations rose by 0.66-2.22 meters, an increase of around 1.5 meters from last year, the MRC said in a statement. The Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF) said late last month that the Mekong Delta, where the river reaches the sea, in April received 15-20 percent more water than average. In May and June the … [Read more...] about Mekong flowing at highest in years but drought feared later

He said: "This is horrible. I always leave the air conditioner on and limit heading out as much as possible." He added that the unbearable heat him makes him tired and causes headaches. Truong Thi Kieu Minh said it is the hottest she has experienced during her 15 years in New Delhi. "It is just the beginning of the summer, but it is already too hot for me to handle." She said the heat is already driving her "crazy" and feared it might get worse. She expects temperatures to rise to around 50 degrees in June and July. Vietnamese living in India are struggling to cope with the scorching temperatures as a record heatwave sweeps through the nation, forcing them to drastically change their daily routines. India recorded its third-hottest April in the past 122 years according to the meteorological department. The average maximum temperature was 35.3 degrees, just behind the 35.42 degrees Celsius in 2010 and 35.32 degrees Celsius in 2016, the Indian government said in a recent … [Read more...] about Sizzling weather disrupts life for Vietnamese living in India

Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record expected to be broken again this year amid mass displacement inside war-torn Ukraine. Around 38 million new internal displacements were reported in 2021, with some people forced to flee multiple times during the year, according to a joint report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). That marks the second-highest annual number of new internal displacements in a decade after 2020, which saw record-breaking movement due to a string of natural disasters. Last year, new internal displacements from conflict surged to 14.4 million -- marking a 50-percent jump from 2020 and more than doubling since 2012, the report showed. 'World is falling apart' And global internal displacement figures are only expected to grow this year, driven in particular by the war in Ukraine. More than eight million people have already been … [Read more...] about Nearly 60 mln people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

Japan's core consumer prices posted their biggest jump in seven years in April, official data showed Friday, as global commodity prices soared and the yen slumped against the dollar. The core consumer price index, which excludes fresh food, jumped 2.1 percent year-on-year, according to figures released by the internal affairs ministry. It was the first time since March 2015 that the figure has breached the 2.0 percent set by the Bank of Japan as its long-term inflation target. The reading, against market expectations of 2.0 percent, is the eighth consecutive monthly increase following a 0.8 percent rise in March. And excluding energy, prices were up 0.8 percent in April, against market expectations of a 0.7 percent rise. That was the first positive figure since July 2020, underpinning the impact of skyrocketing energy costs which have been magnified by higher import prices. After years of price stagnation, some manufacturers and stores in Japan who rely on imported … [Read more...] about Japan inflation hits seven-year high

Dung was fired for committing "serious wrongdoings", and will be temporarily replaced by Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Duc Chi from May 19, the finance ministry announced on its website. Dung was dismissed from the Party on Wednesday, a day after general director of the HCMC Stock Exchange (HoSE), Le Hai Tra, has been expelled from the Party. On Wednesday, other top securities officials also received warnings from the ministry, including Vu Bang, former chairman of the SSC, Nguyen Thanh Long, secretary of the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) Party Committee and Nguyen Son, chairman of the management board of the Vietnam Securities Depository. Deputy minister Chi said recent violations of certain officials at the SSC are merely "personal", and the finance minister has prepared additional personnel and plans to ensure market safety and stability. He also pointed out some upcoming solutions to stabilize the market, like upgrading the trading system for the main bourse, which is … [Read more...] about Top securities regulator dismissed as market probe expands