Myanmar people have been suffering the harmful effects brought about by the extreme hot weather this summer in terms of diseases, business and water shortage in various part of the country.
Summer season in Myanmar lasts from March to May, and April represents the hottest month.
As a rare phenomena in several decades, this year is experiencing excessive heat strike.
In April through to May now, the day temperatures in central Myanmar were reaching a record high in over four decades, peaking at between 43 and 45 degree Celsius in such regions as Minbu, Magway, Mandalay, Monywa, Chauk and Mingyan as well as in Yangon over the past week, which are 5 to 6 degree Celsius above April average temperature.
Due to the severe weather impact, the Myanmar authorities have stopped traders in the country from exporting rice in order to reserve for domestic demand due to less production, according to the trading circle.
The export will be suspended until the moonson paddy production reached the set target.
Meanwhile, thousands of fishes, bred in ponds in the country's southwestern Ayeyawaddy division, died of heat during the current summer season with the weather temperature going high day after day.
The unusual hot weather not only made fish breeders suffer biggest loss but also caused failure to fulfill the domestic demand as well as the export target.
There were even some cases that all 100,000 fishes died in a single day in Twantay township, Yangon division.
This phenomena is the worst in the last two decades, the fish breeders said, and fearing that such cases would continue as long as there is no rainfall.
The excessively high weather temperature also dried up drinking water ponds in many villages in the country that the villagers are suffering from water shortage.
As an alternative, the villagers are making their efforts by digging up some tube-wells near the dry ponds to get water.
The status has also brought flu, illness and skin allergy to people in the regions, especially the prior two, some reports said.
The shortage of electric power and water made the situation even worse.
There was news report about a sudden death of a taxi driver in Yangon when heat struck on him inside the car exposed to the red- hot sun and same tragedy was met by some people while traveling.
The authorities have advised people to remain indoor in the day time to prevent from being hit by wave of excessive heat and knowledge about prevention against heat is being publicly disseminated.
Amid the extreme hot weather, Myanmar's cyclone hard-hit Ayeyawaddy division has enjoyed a rare heavy rainfall for the first time on last Thursday.
The heavy rain with lightning, which poured onto the Bogalae township, lasted over two hours, still the weather remained red- hot after raining.
In the Ayeyawaddy delta, which was deadly destroyed by cyclone Nargis in May 2008, over 180,000 people are now suffering from fresh water shortage due to the summer heat.
Source:http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6979133.html
Summer season in Myanmar lasts from March to May, and April represents the hottest month.
As a rare phenomena in several decades, this year is experiencing excessive heat strike.
In April through to May now, the day temperatures in central Myanmar were reaching a record high in over four decades, peaking at between 43 and 45 degree Celsius in such regions as Minbu, Magway, Mandalay, Monywa, Chauk and Mingyan as well as in Yangon over the past week, which are 5 to 6 degree Celsius above April average temperature.
Due to the severe weather impact, the Myanmar authorities have stopped traders in the country from exporting rice in order to reserve for domestic demand due to less production, according to the trading circle.
The export will be suspended until the moonson paddy production reached the set target.
Meanwhile, thousands of fishes, bred in ponds in the country's southwestern Ayeyawaddy division, died of heat during the current summer season with the weather temperature going high day after day.
The unusual hot weather not only made fish breeders suffer biggest loss but also caused failure to fulfill the domestic demand as well as the export target.
There were even some cases that all 100,000 fishes died in a single day in Twantay township, Yangon division.
This phenomena is the worst in the last two decades, the fish breeders said, and fearing that such cases would continue as long as there is no rainfall.
The excessively high weather temperature also dried up drinking water ponds in many villages in the country that the villagers are suffering from water shortage.
As an alternative, the villagers are making their efforts by digging up some tube-wells near the dry ponds to get water.
The status has also brought flu, illness and skin allergy to people in the regions, especially the prior two, some reports said.
The shortage of electric power and water made the situation even worse.
There was news report about a sudden death of a taxi driver in Yangon when heat struck on him inside the car exposed to the red- hot sun and same tragedy was met by some people while traveling.
The authorities have advised people to remain indoor in the day time to prevent from being hit by wave of excessive heat and knowledge about prevention against heat is being publicly disseminated.
Amid the extreme hot weather, Myanmar's cyclone hard-hit Ayeyawaddy division has enjoyed a rare heavy rainfall for the first time on last Thursday.
The heavy rain with lightning, which poured onto the Bogalae township, lasted over two hours, still the weather remained red- hot after raining.
In the Ayeyawaddy delta, which was deadly destroyed by cyclone Nargis in May 2008, over 180,000 people are now suffering from fresh water shortage due to the summer heat.
Source:http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6979133.html
Comments
Post a Comment