Monsoons have wreaked destruction in recent years, underscoring risks to agriculture, industry and more as temps rise
South Korea’s summer monsoon season will officially begin in the coming weeks, kicking off a roughly monthlong period of near-daily rainfall when the country most acutely feels the worsening consequences of climate change.
Flooding last summer caused dozens of deaths and extensive property and agricultural damages, and the memory of such disasters has authorities bracing for heavy rains in the weeks ahead.
South Korea’s summer monsoon season will officially begin in the coming weeks, kicking off a roughly monthlong period of near-daily rainfall when the country most acutely feels the worsening consequences of climate change.
Flooding last summer caused dozens of deaths and extensive property and agricultural damages, and the memory of such disasters has authorities bracing for heavy rains in the weeks ahead.
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