US EditionClimate Change Intensified Deadly Asia Floods that Killed 1,600
Warmer sea temperatures intensified storms causing floods and landslides that killed over 1,600 people, with rapid urbanization and deforestation worsening impacts, researchers said.
- On Wednesday, World Weather Attribution released an analysis finding ocean warming fueled intense rainfall from cyclones Senyar and Ditwah, causing deadly floods and landslides across Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka that killed more than 1,600 people.
- Sea temperatures over the North Indian Ocean were 0.2 deg C higher during the most intense five days, and without the 1.3 deg C global mean temperature rise, the sea would have been about one degree colder, researchers found.
- Using rapid, peer-reviewed methods, the World Weather Attribution said it reviews findings in-house and sends parts for peer review, but climate models limit precise rainfall quantification for affected islands.
- Aerial aid flights are under way in Aceh province, Indonesia, as Sri Lanka faces over 600 deaths and US$3 billion in relief funds are needed, research shows.
- Scientists warned more regions could be at risk as storms form in new areas, while rapid urbanization and low-lying floodplains in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka increase flood exposure.
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