The death toll in Lebanon from the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 2,083 since last October, with 9,869 others injured, according to a statement released Monday by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.
Over the past 24 hours, 22 fatalities and 111 injuries were reported in various regions of Lebanon by the Israeli airstrikes, said the statement.
The ministry said that 15 people were killed and 46 others injured in Mount Lebanon. Additionally, eight people were injured in the Baalbek Hermel district.
In the Bekaa region, 12 were wounded, while in the Nabatieh governorate, four fatalities and 26 injuries were recorded. Furthermore, three people were killed and 19 injured in the South governorate.
Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces across the Lebanese-Israeli border since Oct. 8, 2023, to show solidarity with Hamas.
The Israeli military has been conducting an air campaign in Lebanon, dubbed "Arrows of the North," since Sept. 23, marking a significant intensification of hostilities.
Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,083
Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,083
Death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks rises to 2,083
The current Super El Nino has fueled typhoon activity in the Western Pacific, with the Western North Pacific and South China Sea seeing the forming of 32 typhoons so far this year, the highest annual total since the start of the 21st century, according to a chief forecaster at China's National Climate Center.
The region has averaged 24.3 typhoons a year this century. Only 2004 and 2013 saw more than 30, with 2013's 31 typhoons setting the previous record.
"Under the influence of the developing Super El Nino, the subtropical high pressure has remained farther north since this summer, averaging about two degrees of latitude farther north from August to October. A northward shift in the subtropical high pressure is favorable for typhoon formation. A total of 23 typhoons formed from July to October this year. The numbers of storms formed and making landfalls were significantly above average, and their overall intensity was stronger than usual," said Zhao Junhu, chief forecaster at the National Climate Center.
The high number of typhoons comes amid a broader climate shift. The National Climate Center's monitoring showed that a Super El Nino event emerged in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific in September and had become the strongest on record by October.
"Next summer, the Super El Nino is expected to make the subtropical high pressure over the Western North Pacific stronger and make it shift westward and southward. This is likely to result in fewer typhoons forming, though their intensity is expected to remain strong, with tracks mainly heading west. The pattern of typhoons next autumn will also depend on how El Nino evolves from summer into autumn next year," Zhao said.
Super El Nino fuels typhoon activity in Western Pacific: chief forecaster
