A three-day Muscat workshop is bringing authorities and sectors together to review climate scenarios, priorities, gaps and needs. The process must turn the national framework into responsibilities, investments and indicators for water, agriculture, health, coasts and infrastructure.
The hillside collapsed before dawn onto two or three homes in a densely populated Ghatkopar settlement. As of August 12, four people were injured, ten had been pulled from the debris and residents still believed one person was missing.
The official toll reached 100 deaths on August 10 while several rivers remained above danger levels. More than 700,000 people have been displaced since July; at least 49,000 were still in 125 camps and distribution centers amid an unstable recovery.
San Juan and parts of six other cities were placed under a schedule that shuts service for 48 hours at a time. July was the driest month in more than 120 years of records in the capital, while authorities acknowledge that infrastructure failures predating the drought are worsening the emergency.
An analysis published by la diaria argues that historical averages are no longer enough to design cities, infrastructure and productive systems exposed to shifting extremes. The answer is not to abandon forecasting, but to combine probabilistic scenarios, adaptation, restored ecosystems and emissions cuts.
Yangsan reached 42.5°C, the highest reading in 122 years of South Korean observations, as extreme heat spread toward Seoul and western regions. South Korea reported 14 deaths and 1,889 heat-related illnesses since mid-May.
The circuit will be out of service from August 3 while floors and railings are removed in response to the risk of extraordinary floods. The measure does not close Iguazú National Park: other trails and services will remain open with updated visitor information.
Navigable depth at Kaub fell to about 25 centimeters, matching the 2018 low, and could set a new record. Barges kept moving, but at roughly 20% of capacity, while Rotterdam-to-Karlsruhe rates rose to more than three times their late-June level.
Preliminary assessments of the June heatwave recorded at least 12,000 additional deaths in Europe and a sharp rise in excess mortality during the most critical week. The episode shows that warnings, health plans, urban adaptation and protection for vulnerable people must be treated as essential infrastructure.