2023 heat waves
[4] The heatwaves caused severe damage in areas such as the western United States, southern Europe, and parts of Asia.
[10][11] Heat waves are one of the deadliest hazards, and in line with the IPCC prediction their frequency and magnitude are rising due to man-made climate change.
Warming in certain Arctic regions makes the jet stream weaker and wavier, causing different weather patterns to stay longer over the same place.
[27] Data recorded on 18 July showed temperatures of 46.9 °C (116.4 °F) in Tozeur, Tunisia, 47.4 °C (117.3 °F) in Chlef, Algeria (with many other places exceeding 44 °C (111 °F)), and 45.2 °C (113.4 °F) in Kharga, Egypt.
[37] Heavy rainstorms triggered flash floods across northwest Turkey, killing at least 6 according to the state broadcaster, TRT Haber.
[38] Starting in April 2023, a record-breaking heat wave in Asia has affected multiple countries, including India, China, Laos and Thailand.
[41] The European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said on 26 April that fires started in May continued to burn from Russia's Chelyabinsk, Omsk and Novosibirsk Oblasts, Primorye Krai, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
[43] Parts of Mongolia recorded 30 °C (86 °F), especially in eastern steppe and southern Gobi provinces, with a prediction of 38 °C (100 °F) for 21 June, in the Khanbogd Soum.
[36] The Japanese government and NHK issued health advice to the general public as heatstroke alerts for 20 of the country's 47 prefectures, mostly east and southwest on 16 July.
Japan's government and Fire and Disaster Management Agency responded to the ongoing excessive heat by issuing more health advisory notices to the public on 19 July.
Zhuozhou, in Hebei was so badly hit that local police posted a plea on Weibo for lights to assist rescue workers in the devastated city.
Eight EU countries sent firemen to help Greece, while Israel, Jordan and Turkey sent mostly aerial equipment to the Greek fire brigade.
Kala Nera village and the nearby port city of Volos were flooded by heavy rains on 7 September in which 2 people died.
[37] The Greek Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Vassilis Kikilias urged people to stay indoors on 7 September.
Madrid's Mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, told people to stay indoors and said the 1972 rain fall record had been broken with a volume approaching 120 litres per square metre on 4 September.
[81] The Spanish National Weather Agency declared a nationwide red alert for flooding due to extreme rain fall.
A man died during a flood in Villamanta as unusually high amounts of hail and rain hit regions of Castile, Catalonia and Valencia on 5 September.
[85] In Ireland, a rare tropical night was recorded in Valentia, Kerry on 5 September, with the overnight temperature not dropping below 22.3 °C (72.1 °F) at the weather station.
The Met Office issued an amber flood warning that morning in Angus, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland until 2:00pm the next day.
Northern Norway's Slettnes Lighthouse, reached 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) on 13 July[104] A major extended heatwave affecting most of Europe through mid-July was named "Cerberus" by the Italian Meteorological Society[105] and brought record temperatures into the Arctic.
[114] The district office of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, declared a state of disaster in the municipality of Bad Bayersoien, after 80% of its building were seriously damaged by 8 cm hailstones on 27 August.
[116] The Poppea cyclone struck the Ligurian Sea in Northern Italy causing landslides and floods have washed away roads overlooking Lake Como on 27 August.
[127][128] Heat warnings were issued across many southern states as far east as Florida, where record high ocean temperatures were observed.
[131] About 400 firefighters were fighting the blaze and had to balance their efforts with concerns about disrupting the fragile ecosystem in California's Mojave National Preserve.
[138] Maui County Emergency Management Agency announced the end of its bush fire evacuation order on 27 August.
[162] The Panamanian Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology issues public health advice as it reports temperatures of 42 °C (108 °F) in Panama City, with abnormal high heat in Chiriqui, Veraguas, Los Santos, Herrera, Cocle, West Panama, Colon, Darien, Guna Yala and Embera Wounan regions on July 29.
[167] The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Kurenkov, traveled to the fire that hit Kurgan Oblast on 26 April.
[42] The European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said on 26 April that fires started in May continued to burn from Russia's Chelyabinsk, Omsk and Novosibirsk Oblasts, Primorye Krai, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
[50] A marine heat wave roughly 60 miles off California's coast was accused by meteorologists of helping fuel Hurricane Hilary.
Those include a safety rules for workers who work outdoors with the mechanism of enforcement, ensuring access to water to communities in danger, improving weather forecasts.
