The prolonged heatwave is forecast to last till the middle of next week.
 

Data from the national weather forecasting authority show the past two days saw daytime temperature reach its peak of 39 degrees Celsius or even exceed the 40 degree Celsius mark in several places.

At 01.00pm on August 7, Tam Ky district of Quang Nam province even reported a high of 40.7 degrees Celsius.

Meteorologists said that this is a severe heat wave this year that has increased in intensity and lasted for many days, affecting a large number of localities in northern and central regions.

This heat wave has broken all temperature records regional localities set in previous Augusts, they said.

Meteorologists attributed the severity of the extreme heat to the influence of the southwesterly wind that is causing a Foehn effect, coupled with the influence of typhoon Lupit that is pounding China’s Guangdong.

The heat wave has lasted for 14 days and is expected to reduce it intensity a bit in the middle of next week.

According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, global warming and climate change are causing natural disasters to occur more frequently, more fiercely, and irregularly.

Source: VOV