The country has entered its peak flood control period, weather experts said, with extreme rainfall set to increase in frequency and intensity from late July to early August, with much of the north set to experience 20% to 50% more rainfall than usual.
Rising temperatures are shifting the rain belt westward and northward, expanding the area of humid and semi-humid climate zones and increasing the risk of secondary disasters, which are exacerbated by factors such as urbanisation and infrastructure construction.
“Climate change is no longer a future problem – it’s already happening,” said a professor at the University of Victoria in Canada and director of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. — Reuters
