Maximiliano Herrera, a well-known European climatologist, called the unusually high temperatures “the worst April heat wave in Asian history”, according to the Guardian.
There has never been such a hot month of April in the history of Asia
High temperatures in India have killed 13 people and eight others were treated for sunstroke after an awards ceremony held outdoors in Maharashtra.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken the decision to close all schools in the state over fears of extreme heat and has called on private schools to do the same. According to her, the children had health problems, such as headaches. Schools were also closed this week in Tripura and Odisha, and there will be no more afternoon classes in Delhi. Six cities in northern and eastern India recorded temperatures above 44C, with the capital Delhi registering 40.4C on Tuesday. Abnormal temperatures are expected to last at least until Friday.
In recent years, India has become particularly vulnerable to sweltering heat, and experts fear the situation could be even worse this year. April’s heatwave hit northern and eastern states, and this week the country’s meteorological service issued an amber warning for severe weather in parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha , Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, all states with a high proportion of people who are forced to work outdoors even when the temperature and humidity rise.
In China, local media reported that many places including Chengdu, Zhejiang, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other parts of the Yangtze River Delta experienced record high temperatures in April.
Above 40 degrees from Laos to Bangladesh
Unusually high temperatures have also been reported in Southeast Asia in recent days, Herrera said, including Luang Prabang in Laos, which recorded 42.7C this week, the highest officially confirmed temperature in its history. . Vientiane recorded 41.4°C, the hottest day on record for the capital of Laos in April.
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p class=””>In Thailand, a government observation station at Taki Airport in the northwest of the country recorded 45.4°C on Saturday, surpassing the previous record of 44.6°C reached in Mae Hong Son on 28 April 2016.
The country’s health department has warned of the risk of heat stroke, especially for people who play sports or work long hours outdoors, such as construction workers and farmers. Thailand’s high temperatures are feared to extend beyond the normal summer months, causing drought and a potential crop failure.
In Bangladesh, a country at the forefront of the climate crisis, on Saturday, the hottest day in 58 years, temperatures soared above 40°C in the capital Dhaka, melting highway pavements. A spokesman for the local Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change said a thermal emergency would be declared in some areas if the heat persisted.
Temperatures exceeded 30°C in Japan and reached 30.2°C in Kumamoto Prefecture, an April record for the region.
Extremely unusual temperatures for this month were also recorded in Central Asia, notably in Kazakhstan, where a record temperature for April of 33.6°C was recorded in Torez. Weather anomalies are also observed in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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