(Radio France Internationale). At the Moonlight market, which our correspondent visited in the city. Bangkok, Carol Isu, Near the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Nichapat runs her vegetable stall. It’s been a few days now heatusual at this time of year has become really unbearable. This makes their work more difficult and also jeopardizes their income and that of their family:

“It’s sooooo hot… We’ve never had anything like this. In Bangkok and the province the temperature reaches 42, 43, 44 degrees, this is crazy… As a result, my vegetables rot faster, I try to spray them with water, but this can also harm them. So we are losing money,” he tells RFI.

Although the heat affects everyone, it hits the most vulnerablefor example, older people suffering from chronic diseases, and most poorwho do not have access to air conditioning and are often forced to spend long hours outdoors: street vendors, motorcycle taxi drivers, etc.

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In rural areas, heat and drought threaten crops and farmers’ incomes. In cities, record electricity consumption due to air conditioning is bringing relief to the middle class… while also helping to raise outside temperatures.

Schools closed in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh where they live 171 million people, the intense heat claimed the lives of several life from AprilOur Bangalore correspondent Kom Basten reports. And the schools closed.

The order issued by the Supreme Court judges affects everything primary schools And religious, and will be valid until Thursday. After being closed all of the previous week, they reopened on Sunday, but several students and a teacher broke down.

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Temperature exceeds 43 degrees In some places across the country, authorities are advising people to stay home. Residents describe the sun as scorching, and some workers are adapting by working night shifts.

Average maximum temperatures in the capital Dhaka are four to five degrees above normal, weather officials said. This was reported by meteorologist Muhammad Abul Kalam Mallick. AFP that Bangladesh is facing the worst heat wave ever seen. At least seven people died from the beginning of April.

Meteorologists agree that global warming And urbanizationthese heat waves are gathering increase. Bangladesh also experiences periodic severe cyclones and more frequent and intense floods.