While in Europe, Spain is experiencing a major heat wave, in Asia, Vietnam is also experiencing a major heat wave. This Saturday, the thermometer climbed to 44.1 degrees, a record for the season.
Vietnam recorded a record temperature of 44.1 degrees Celsius on Saturday at a weather station in the north of the country, authorities said. This survey was carried out by a station in Thanh Hoa province (central-north), said the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.
Record temperatures in neighboring countries
This figure beats the previous national record of 43.4 degrees Celsius, 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,” climate science expert Nguyen Ngoc Huy told AFP from the capital Hanoi.
Vietnam’s climate varies from north to south, but the whole country is now entering its hottest months. South Asia suffered from a heat wave for most of April, and neighboring countries also recorded record high temperatures.
“Extreme climate models prove to be accurate”
“I think this record will be repeated many times,” added Nguyen Ngoc Huy. “It confirms that extreme climate models turn out to be accurate.” Scientists have shown that global warming exacerbates extreme weather conditions.
A recent report by United Nations climate experts (IPCC) warns that each increase in global warming intensifies major natural hazards (heat waves, extreme rainfall, droughts, etc.).