I read today that yesterday's temperature here in Hong Kong was a record since records started being kept in 1848. It was 36.1 at Repulse Bay, though the Observatory site says it was "just" 35. That's 95 degrees in the old currency, so not even a century. Still, it feels hotter cause of the humidity, averaging around mid 70's%. Still, again, that's the highest May temp since 1884, ie, a record.
This comes after April that also had the highest April temperatures, ever.
Kinda scary. [Article]
PS: I remember our drive from Cape Town to Cairo back in 2011. In Sudan it was mid 40s, I recall regular temperatures of 44C. But it didn't feel even as hot as Hong Kong. Because the humidity was 22%. [Sudan posts]
Meantime: 21 Ultra Marathon competitors *died* of cold during a race in Gansu.... 21(!). In one race....
ADDED: I’ve just watched all the news channels. There’s a lot about the Italian cable car disaster that killed 14. Not a peep about the 21 dead in an ultra marathon. I wonder why.
Of course the main story is the Belarussiian state hijacking of a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius in order to kidnap Roman Protasevich, a young Belarusian reporter they didn’t like. There’s no way Putin didn’t know and approve this “outrageous and illegal” (EU) act.
