Travelers and residents, take note.
Karen and Mon States and Magwe, Bago and Thanintharyi Regions are going to be uncomfortably hot for the rest of the week.
Dr. Htun Lwin, Myanmar’s most listened-to weatherman, said earlier this week that the heat wave began on February 15th and will last until February 21st, according to comments in 7Day News Journal.
“Daytime temperatures will be between 40-45 Degrees Centigrade (about 104-113 Fahrenheit). This weather never happens in February. I wanted to tell [everyone to] especially take care in the heat.”
And more of this is in the making.
The director-general of Myanmar’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has already warned that, because of El Niño, temperatures in March, April and May could reach, or top, the last recorded peak of almost 117 degrees Fahrenheit during a moderate instance of the weather event in 2010.
El Niño stems from a natural warming of Pacific Ocean waters, bringing more frequent cyclones, floods and droughts across the globe every few years. The conditions during this cycle, which started mid-2015, are said to be the worst in 35 years.
