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For the time being, the past week will go down in the history books, because worldwide it was the warmest week since the measurements began. Extreme weather events also hit the world over the weekend – breaking records:

India: highest rainfall in one day in July in 40 years

At least 15 people have been killed in floods and landslides in northern India this weekend. The rains were to be expected – as it is monsoon season. However, it is the heaviest rainfall in decades, officials confirmed on Sunday. According to media reports, the weekend saw the most rainfall on a July day in 40 years. The streets of the capital were knee-deep in water.

The country’s weather service has predicted more rain in much of northern India in the coming days. It has also been raining for days in neighboring Pakistan, where at least 50 people have died.

While not every flood or hot day can be traced with absolute certainty to climate change, climate change plays a role in the increase in extreme weather events, as science has been able to prove on numerous occasions. The higher temperatures are favorable for heavy rainfall, among other things, because a warmer atmosphere contains more water.

Such events can be extremely devastating, especially in monsoon regions, as they affect some of the most densely populated and at the same time poorest regions in the world. This threatens food insecurity, displacement and disease. “Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and storms pose major challenges to agricultural systems in the region,” Indian environmental activist Anjal Prakash told Al Jazeera. At the same time, melting glaciers in the region would disrupt irrigation systems, stunt crop growth and exacerbate water scarcity.

USA: exceptional floods and heat records

Record temperatures are currently prevailing in the US. At the same time, storms are moving across parts of the states with record rainfall. “The amount of water is extraordinary,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said.

In New York State’s Hudson Valley, roads were flooded by up to 8 inches (20 cm) on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Other streets and houses were washed away. According to the New York State Police, several bridges have collapsed and many roads are impassable. At least one woman has died – she drowned in the flash floods.

Officials warn that the entire northeastern United States should also prepare for extreme rainfall in the coming hours and days.

While it’s raining in New York, Phoenix, Arizona, it’s almost never been sweltering for so many days in a row as it is right now. On Friday, the National Weather Service said the Arizona region was experiencing “one of the worst heat waves this area has ever experienced.” In a few hours, the 1974 record of 18 days in a row where it was hotter than 43 degrees will be broken.

Experts estimate that more than 50 million people in the US live in areas where dangerous heat is expected.

Japan: Heaviest rainfall ever seen in the region

Japan is in the annual rainy season. Extreme torrential rains battered parts of southwestern Japan this weekend, causing flooding and mudslides. Thousands of people had to be evacuated, at least one woman was killed and six others are missing.

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported in the morning on the “heaviest rainfall the region has ever seen”.

(yum)