As Typhoon Kalmaegi wreaks havoc in Southeast Asia, scientists say rising temperatures are to blameA man walks along a muddy street where cars piled up after being swept away in floods brought by Typhoon Kalmaegi pile up at a subdivision in Bacayan, Cebu City, Philippines, Nov 5, 2025. Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 188 people across the Philippines and caused untold damage to infrastructure and farmland across the archipelago. "Kalmaegi will be more powerful and wetter because of these elevated temperatures, and this trend in sea surface temperatures is extremely clearly linked to human-caused global warming." "Climate change enhances typhoon intensity primarily by warming ocean surface temperatures and increasing atmospheric moisture content," said Gianmarco Mengaldo, a researcher at the National University of Singapore. "Our recent studies have shown that coastal regions affected by tropical storms are expanding significantly, due to the growing footprint of storm surges and ocean waves," said Feng.

Source: bd News24 November 07, 2025 09:32 UTC