2023-05-07 12:05:13
“This is a worrying record in the context of climate change and global warming,” climate science expert Nguyen Ngoc Huy said from the capital Hanoi.
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Vietnam recorded a temperature record of 44.1°C on Saturday, May 6, in a meteorological station in the north of the country, an extreme phenomenon expected to recur according to scientists.
This survey was carried out by a station in Thanh Hoa province (central-north), said the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting. It beats the previous national record of 43.4°C, recorded on April 20, 2019 in Huong Khe district, central Ha Tinh province.
“This is a worrying record in the context of climate change and global warming”said climate science expert Nguyen Ngoc Huy from the capital Hanoi. “I think this record will be broken several times”he added. “It confirms that extreme climate models turn out to be accurate.”
Sweltering heat in South Asia
Vietnam’s weather varies from north to south, but the whole country is now entering its hottest months. Across the country, weather experts and authorities have advised people to stay indoors during the hottest hours of the day.
South Asia suffered from a heat wave for most of April, and neighboring countries also recorded record high temperatures. Thailand’s meteorological agency reported a record high of 44.6°C in the western province of Tak. In Burma, the media reported that a city in the east of the country recorded a maximum of 43.8°C.
Further west, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, which has long suffered from the effects of climate change, recorded its highest temperature since the 1960s. In India, meteorological authorities reported that parts of the country were experiencing temperatures three to four degrees above normal.
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