From UK to Japan, South Korea, 'the world over' record heatwaves summer 2025; Heating Planet

"Hottest summers since each country began keeping records- Japan: 84,000 hospitalized, urban heat island effect." WION Video & Transcript

  

TRANSCRIPT:  The United Kingdom, Japan, and South 0:02 Korea sweltered this year through the 0:04 hottest summers since each country began 0:07 keeping records. Temperatures uh the 0:10 world over have increased in recent 0:13 years as climate change creates more 0:16 erratic weather patterns. The UK summer 0:19 saw four heat waves below average 0:21 rainfall and sustained sunshine. It 0:25 followed the nation's warmest spring in 0:27 more than a century. The UK's 0:29 provisional mean June August temperature 0:32 was 16.1° C which was 1.51° 0:36 above the long-term average. The Met 0:39 Office said that the average temperature 0:42 surpassed all years since 1884 including 0:45 the previous record set in 2018. 0:51 Yeah, I think 0:53 this year and the recent year there's 0:56 many hot weathers not in UK but in all 1:00 over the world. I think we should just 1:02 pay more attention on the climate change 1:05 situation. Yes, 1:08 Japan's average temperature spike was 1:10 even starker over the same three summer 1:12 months. It was 2.36° C above the 1:16 standard value, making it the hottest 1:19 since records began in 1898. The Japan 1:22 Weather Agency said that it was the 1:24 third consecutive summer of record high 1:27 temperatures. According to Japan's Fire 1:30 and Disaster Management Agency, this 1:32 year's scorching heat left some uh 1:35 84,000 people hospitalized nationwide 1:39 from May 1st to August 24th. Experts 1:42 predict that even hotter summers are 1:44 inevitable in the future. Scientists say 1:46 heat waves are becoming more intense and 1:49 frequent worldwide because of 1:51 human-caused climate change. 1:55 Urban areas are experiencing so-called 1:58 heat island effect. It's uh because of 2:01 the uh 2:04 man-made heat uh from the buildings or 2:08 automobiles 2:10 and also the uh road or buildings are 2:14 absorbing heat in the daytime and uh it 2:19 emits uh radiation 2:21 and uh and less and less uh green areas. 2:28 In South Korea, the average June August 2:30 temperature was 25.7° 2:33 C, the highest since a data collection 2:36 began in 1973. The Korea weather 2:39 administration said that the previous 2:41 record over the same period was 25.6 2:45 just last year. South Korea is also 2:47 grappling with a prolonged drought that 2:49 has hit the eastern coastal city of 2:52 Guanging. A state of national disaster 2:54 has been declared in the city of people 2:57 of around 200,000 with water levels at 3:00 the Obong Reservoir, the city's main 3:03 source of piped water falling below 15%. 3:07 The dry spell has forced authorities to 3:09 implement water restrictions, including 3:12 shutting off 75% of household meters. 3:21 [Music]