一 | LONDON -- Voters are casting ballots Thursday in two special elections in England that could add more misery to the beleaguered governing Conservative Party as it prepares to fight a national election next year.The Conservatives won both Tamworth in central England and Mid-Bedfordshire, north of London, by large margins during the last national election in 2019. But both constituencies’ lawmakers resigned under a cloud.Tamworth legislator Chris Pincher quit after Parliament’s standards watchdog recommended he be suspended for “completely inappropriate” behavior after groping two men at a London private members’ club. Then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson’ s reluctance to sanction Pincher when the allegations emerged helped trigger Johnson's ouster at the hands of his own party last year.Mid-Bedfordshire member of Parliament Nadine Dorries resigned over the treatment of Johnson and her own failure to be appointed to Parliament’s upper chamber, the House of Lords. Dorries is a strong ally of Johnson who has blamed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for helping to topple the former leader.The Conservatives acknowledge they face “difficult headwinds” in both seats. Polls close at 10 p.m. (2100GMT), with results announced early Friday.The main opposition Labour Party and the smaller Liberal Democrats hope to win the seats but have tried to manage expectations, noting that the Conservatives won substantial majorities in 2019. Labour has called both districts “super-safe Tory seats.”Losing either one would add to pressure on the governing party, which has lost several byelections since Sunak took office just under a year ago. He replaced Liz Truss, who quit in October 2022 after her plan for unfunded tax cuts sent financial markets into turmoil and rocked the economy.Truss spent just seven weeks in office after winning a party leadership contest to replace Johnson, who quit after three years in office when scandals over money and ethics turned party lawmakers against him.Sunak steadied the economy but has not managed to boost the party’s rating in opinion polls, where it consistently lags between 10 and 20 points behind Labour.The Conservatives have been in power nationally since 2010, years that saw austerity following the world banking crisis, Britain’s divisive decision to leave the European Union, a global pandemic and a European war that has triggered the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades.Polls show the Conservatives are losing support across the country, from affluent southern voters turned off by Brexit to working-class northern voters who switched from Labour in 2019 after Johnson promised to spread prosperity to long-neglected areas.Sunak has tried to rally support by arguing he has a long-term vision and is prepared to make tough decisions to change Britain.Earlier this month Labour won a special election victory over the Scottish National Party in Scotland. Winning seats in Scotland, where the pro-independence SNP has long been dominant, is key to Labour’s attempt to secure a majority in the next national election, due by the end of 2024.。 每日商报讯 台风过境，本已偃旗息鼓的高温又重振旗鼓，昨天，杭城迎来久违的阳光，主城区跃上35.7℃，高温叠加高湿，有种重回“黄梅天”的错觉。不过，台风残涡并未就此作罢，“尾巴”还将持续洒水。截至昨日19时，杭州市主城区、临平区、临安区等多地发布暴雨黄色预警，余杭区发布暴雨红色预警。为什么明明台风已经停编，却还在大面积“洒水”？市气象台解释，从卫星云图上来看，“白海豚”的残余环流结合了西风槽以及台风的尾流，共同组合成为范围广阔的降水系统。而在天气形势图上，这片降水系统的东边和西边都是高压系统，导致降水系统相对较为稳定。受其影响，杭州在短期之内多雨的天气格局不会改变。值得注意的是，接下来强降雨还可能会杀个“回马枪”。
二 | 这是因为，“白海豚”的尾流里西南季风和高压底部的东南气流交汇，还将催生出新的低压系统，未来“白海豚”的残余低压缓慢东移，与东边新生低压逐渐靠近，进一步增强杭州上空的辐合上升运动，加上季风源源不断输送水汽，预计今明两天杭州的降雨量将会明显增大，局地可能出现短时强降水、雷雨大风等强对流天气。好在，等这波雨水过去，本周日将迎来降雨暂歇，全省以多云到阴为主，部分有阵雨或雷雨，算是难得的“中场休息”。另外，台风还在扎堆生成，今年第17号台风“浪卡”（热带风暴级;英文名称Nangka;名字来源:马来西亚;名称意义:又名菠萝蜜果，黄色椭圆形状，是马来西亚非常流行的一种水果）于昨天上午在西北太平洋洋面上生成，下午5时许位于距离日本东京东南方向约1510公里的海面上，预计将以每小时30—35公里的速度向东北方向移动，未来“浪卡”对我国无影响。
三 | 可以说，8月以来台风似乎无间断，如此密集生成是不是有点反常？其实，西北太平洋和南海一年四季都可能有台风生成，7月至9月是台风活跃季，8月台风生成的数量与登陆我国的个数均居于全年首位。8月平均有5.63个台风生成，其中2.3个登陆我国。
四 | 近期台风密集，总体也符合常年规律，历年8月台风生成数最多的是1960年，多达14个。
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