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Wildfires are ravaging parts of Canada, with 2024 on track to become the second-worst fire season in two decades. Satellite data indicates that carbon emissions from wildfires have already exceeded the 20-year average. Reports indicate that the number of wildfires in Northern Canada has increased by 50% in the last three weeks.
Tropical Storm “Maria” made landfall in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture at 08:30 local time (LT) on Monday, August 12, 2024, bringing record-breaking rainfall to the affected regions.
Severe Tropical Storm “Maria” is set to make landfall in Miyagi Prefecture on August 12, 2024, making it only the second recorded cyclone to strike the region since 1951, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Maria is the 5th named storm of the 2024 Pacific typhoon season.
Canada experienced a week of extraordinary weather, breaking multiple records for heat and rainfall across the country. A unique atmospheric pattern, known as a Rex block, caused temperatures to soar in the Arctic Circle, while remnants of Hurricane “Debby” brought torrential rains to Eastern Canada.
An EF-3 tornado spawned by Tropical Storm “Debby” tore through Wilson County, North Carolina, on August 8, 2024, causing widespread destruction, including the collapse of a house that claimed one life, ripped off the roof of a middle school, and destroyed a 130-year-old church.
Aswan City and other areas in southern Egypt experienced heavy rain and severe flooding, some of it historic, on August 8 and 9, 2024. According to experts, the rains were seasonal and caused by a northward shift in the rain belt.
The upper stage of a Chinese Long March 6A rocket fragmented into over 700 pieces in low Earth orbit following its launch on August 6, 2024, as confirmed by U.S. Space Command on August 8, posing a significant threat to orbital safety.
An extreme rainstorm struck China’s Shaanxi Province on the morning of August 9, 2024, bringing in heavy rain totaling 172 mm (6.77 inches) of rainfall and causing severe flooding that swept away multiple vehicles.
A very cold air mass is forecasted to cause a significant drop in temperatures across multiple regions of Brazil by the end of this week. The South, Southeast, Central-West, and even parts of the North will experience this temperature decrease, with the possibility of frost in several states and potential snowfall or freezing rain in the higher-altitude areas of the South Region.
Category 1 Hurricane “Debby” made landfall near Steinhatchee in Florida’s Big Bend at 11:00 UTC on Monday, August 5, 2024, and continued moving inland, dropping heavy rains. As Debby moved offshore and then back inland, it continued to gather moisture, leading to a second landfall northeast of Charleston, South Carolina, on August 8.
