Tokyo has logged 34 straight days of rain, marking the longest streak on record, Japan’s weather agency said on Tuesday.
Climate change fuelled by fossil fuel emissions increases moisture in the atmosphere, making heavy rain more likely.
The weather globally is also being shaped this year by the El Nino phenomenon, which shifts winds, air pressure and cloud patterns and can bring heavy rain to some areas and droughts elsewhere.
The Japanese capital’s rainy season is normally in June, but it has suffered regular heavy downpours throughout the summer months, as well as heavy flooding in the wider Tokyo region.
The stretch of rainy days was the longest since records began in 1886.
Masayuki Kyoda, an official at the Japan Meteorological Agency, told AFP that “the distinctive weather map during this month is in part because of El Niño”, bringing higher temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.
“Autumn rain fronts are
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