Japan swelters through hottest summer while parts of China log warmest August on record

Climate scientists have already predicted that 2024 will be the hottest year everJapan has recorded its hottest summer on record after a sweltering three months marked by thousands of instances of "extreme heat", with meteorologists warning that unseasonably high temperatures will continue through the autumn.The average temperature in June, July and August was 1.76C higher than the average recorded between 1991 and 2020, the Japan meteorological agency said, according to Kyodo news agency. Continue reading...