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Hong Kong logs record number of ‘very hot’ October days

Tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market, a popular sightseeing spot, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 22, 2025.. The Japanese government issued a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures.
ESG

August third-hottest globally on record, says climate monitor

Businesses can reopen if the signal is lowered, but schools will be shut for the full day, the city’s education bureau says.
International

Hong Kong schools, businesses close as Tropical Storm Tapah brushes past

A man walks past a rain damaged area from the past few days in Huairou district, on the outskirts of Beijing, China, July 30, 2025. Heavy rain killed more than 30 people and forced authorities to evacuate tens of thousands as swaths of northern China were lashed by torrential downpours that sparked landslides and flooding, state media said.
ESG

Extreme rain in China caused 16 billion yuan in road damage, further straining public purse

Commuters cross the street on their way to work on a hot, sunny morning in Tokyo on Aug 6, 2025. Heatwaves are becoming more intense and frequent worldwide because of human-caused climate change, scientists say, and Japan is no exception.
ESG

Tokyo logs record 10 days of 35 deg C or more

Waves caused by Typhoon Podul breaking along the coast in Taitung, Taiwan, August 13, 2025.
International

Storm makes landfall in China after raking Taiwan as typhoon

More than 490 millimetres of rain fell over 24 hours through 4.40 am (1940 GMT Thursday) in one area of Kagoshima - its largest recorded downpour, according to Kyodo News.
International

‘Never seen before’ rains lash southern Japan

A wildfire burns near Little Bear Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada, May 30, 2025.
ESG
PICTURES

Summer 2025 already a cavalcade of climate extremes

Partially submerged buildings after heavy rainfall flooded Miyun district, Beijing, China, July 29, 2025.
International

Beijing evacuates more than 80,000 over heavy rains: state media

Passengers at Euston station as Storm Floris disrupts rail, road, and air travel across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and northern England, London, Britain, Aug 4, 2025.
International

UK summer storm sows travel chaos

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