Abstract In July-August 2022, Yangtze River Valley (YRV) experienced unprecedented hot
summer, with the number of heatwave days exceeding climatology by four standard …

The 2020 extreme rainfall was highly unusual with episodes of intensive rains and winds
from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Valley to southern Japan. Given the …

South China experienced a series of unprecedented extreme heat wave (EHW) events in
early summer (June–July) 2020, which broke the historical record for the frequency of EHW …

The mismatch of spatial distribution between water resources and human activities presents
a considerable challenge to the sustainable utilization of water resources. This trend is …

Abstract The western North Pacific anomalous anticyclone (WNPAC) is the key circulation
modulating the East Asian summer climate. In this study, the formation mechanism of the …

Extreme precipitation anomalies over the East Asia–western Pacific exhibited an unusually
similar pattern in June and July 2020, with catastrophic Mei-yu floods in the Yangtze River …

By using the one-month‑lead predictions from the Climate Forecast System version 2
(CFSv2), this study evaluates the predictability of the unprecedented heatwaves hitting the …

Climate change is causing an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather
events globally. In the summers of 2016 and 2020, two catastrophic floods occurred in the …

The persistent heavy precipitation that occurred in most of West China (WC) during August
11–18, 2020, generated the highest rainfall record since recording began in 1961 and was …

Meiyu rainfall is an important climate phenomenon in East Asia, but its interannual variability
has amplified in recent decades. To gain a better understanding of the underlying …