Reference News Network, December 27**Dao, according to ***radio**December 26**Dao, China is trying to cope with the coldest December on record. A senior climate expert said China could cope with another round of extreme heat and an increase in extreme weather next year due to El Niño.
This year, China experienced extreme heat and a severe cold earlier this month, which caused many regions to freeze for nearly two weeks.
According to reports, Zhou Bing, chief expert on climate services at the China Meteorological Administration, pointed out: "2024 is likely to be hotter and more frequent and intense year for extreme weather." ”
Beijing ushered in record high temperatures this summer, and at the same time, an observation station in Sanbao Township, Gaochang District, Turpan City, Xinjiang, China, measured 52The high temperature of 2 degrees Celsius set a new high temperature record in China. In addition, the typhoon also brought record-breaking rainfall in northern China, causing severe flooding.
El Niño is the phenomenon of heavy rainfall, storms or droughts in some parts of the world every few years as the waters near the equator in the Pacific Ocean become warmer than normal, the report said.
This year's El Niño began in June and sent new temperatures to new highs across the globe. Meteorologists** say that El Niño may subside between April and June next year, but more temperature records may be broken in 2024 as its effects continue to affect temperatures for months afterward.
According to Taiwan's "** Agency" on December 26, Chinese meteorological expert Zhou Bing said that due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, extreme weather will be more obvious, and 2024 may become a hotter year in China, and it is also a year with more frequent extreme weather.
In July this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that for the first time in seven years, El Niño conditions formed in the tropical Pacific Ocean. On November 30, the WMO declared 2023 the hottest year on record.
The following December, Beijing set a record for the longest consecutive low temperature in December since 1951Henan experienced the coldest mid-December since 1961;Heavy snowfall in Yantai and Weihai in Shandong province also pushed the snow depth of the two cities beyond historical extremes.
On December 18, Jin Taiyang young volunteers of State Grid Taizhou Power Supply Company braved the snow to overhaul the oxygen production equipment (drone) for fishermen in Huagang Town, Hailing District, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province. (Xinhua News Agency).