Hurricane Polo, currently moving across the Pacific Ocean, to reach the highest level, Category 5

 Hurricane Polo, currently moving across the Pacific Ocean, has strengthened to reach the highest level, Category 5, on the Saffir-Simpson scale, Mexico's National Water Commission (Conagua) reported.

A powerful typhoon is approaching Japan; authorities have urged two million people to evacuate

Typhoon Dujuan is currently battering eastern Japan and moving toward the Tokyo metropolitan area. 

The number of natural disasters will increase two- to threefold over the next 50 to 70 years

 As Sergei Ryabakov, Director General of the "Nature and People" Foundation, explained, this is caused by global warming and human impact on the climate.

Central Japan nuclear reactor to be shut down after dripping water found

 

Kansai Electric Power Co. will manually shut down the No. 3 reactor at the Mihama nuclear power plant in central Japan after water was detected dripping from equipment that does not contain radioactive materials, Kyodo News reported.

Ozone hole shrinks to its smallest in decades in 2025 — UN

The size of the ozone hole over Antarctica in 2025 was close to the lowest levels recorded in more than two decades giving hope that the ozone layer may fully recover within several decades, according to the World Meteorological Organization, which is part of the UN.

The historic drought is further constricting the flow of global trade along Panama Canal

 

The Panama Canal, the artery through which approximately 5% of global maritime trade flows, is preparing for a further reduction in vessel traffic that could deepen the crisis in the logistics sector.