Asia Sizzles Under Severe April Heatwave As Record-Breaking Temperatures Grip India, China, Bangladesh, Thailand
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A severe heatwave has swept across much of Asia, causing school closures in India, record-breaking temperatures in China and deaths all across, media reports said on Tuesday.
Maximiliano Herrera, a climatologist and weather historian, described the unusually high temperatures as the “worst April heatwave in Asian history,” The Guardian reported.
In China, local media reported that record temperatures for April had been observed in many locations, including Chengdu, Zhejiang, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other Yangtze River delta region areas.
Scorching temperatures have also been reported in southeast Asia, including in Luang Prabang, Laos, which recorded the highest reliable temperature in its history this week at 42.7°C, according to Herrera.
In Thailand, the meteorological department said temperatures reached 44.6°C degrees in Tak province on Sunday, matching the previous record in Mae Hong Son on April 28, 2016. It is predicted that temperatures could reach 45°C this week, The Guardian reported.
In Bangladesh, a country at the forefront of the climate crisis, temperatures soared above 40°C in Dhaka on Saturday, the hottest day in 58 years, causing road surfaces to melt. An official from the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change said that if the heat did not diminish, they would declare a temperature emergency in certain areas.
India has become particularly vulnerable to extreme heat in recent years, and experts fear this year could be even worse. The April heatwave has battered north and east Indian states. This week, the meteorological department issued an orange warning for severe heatwaves in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, with more advisories expected in the weeks to come.
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