India, June 24 -- In April 2024, China broke the average temperature record that month. The following month, it was the same - and then again in August. And September. And November.

While there are records which exist to be broken - Olympic ones, for example -these monthly temperature extremes are not medal worthy. And yet, China was not the only Asian country to set a flurry of new highs in 2024.

The continent is warming twice as fast as the global average, according to a report released Monday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This rate of warming - which shows no signs of stopping - is leading to devastating consequences for lives and livelihoods across the region, and no country is exempt from the consequences.

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