People are suffering in the early summer heat
(Baonghean.vn) -The past two days have been characterized by intense heat across a wide area, leaving people in Nghe An in agony. According to the forecast of the North Central Hydrometeorological Station, this heat wave will last for the next 2-3 days.
At 1 p.m. on May 15, Lenin Avenue was deserted, with only a few cars and motorbikes passing by occasionally. The scorching sun made everyone reluctant to go out. On other streets such as Truong Thi, Minh Khai, and Quang Trung, everyone used scarves, shirts, and masks to cover their faces, trying to accelerate as fast as possible to avoid the scorching sun hitting their faces.
In the garden area in front of Nghe An General Hospital, dozens of patients' relatives sat listlessly and tiredly nodding off on stone benches around the lake. While fanning each other, everyone tried to catch a little wind carrying the steam from the lake to cool down. Some people used hats to cover their faces, holding their handbags tightly, taking a nap in the harsh early summer sun. Ms. Lo Thi Nguyet, from the mountainous district of Tuong Duong, said that she and her daughter had brought her husband to the hospital for 3 days now, the hot and stuffy weather made both her and her daughter very tired. "After buying porridge for my husband, I and many other patients went to this pond to sit. It's hot in my village, but it's much hotter in the city," Ms. Nguyet confided.
On the roads around the lake of Nguyen Tat Thanh Park, people gathered at tea shops, sugarcane juice shops, some lay down on park benches to avoid the sun. These were mainly people from other districts, who had to go to Vinh City. The weather was hot, so they came here to find a place to stay.
The early heat of the season has turned people's lives upside down. On Nguyen Sy Sach Street, many motorbike taxi drivers and freelance workers no longer think about running to find customers but instead hang their hammocks on the trees on the northern canal bank. People who work as porters also gather in groups of five or seven to chat and play cards to kill time because they know that in such hot weather, they certainly cannot find work. They wait together until the evening, when it is cool and cloudy, before they can cycle home. Mr. Mai Van Ninh and his wife in Nghi Xuan District, Ha Tinh Province, who both work as cyclo drivers, transport iron for kiosks on Le Nin Avenue, said that during these two hot days, they had to take advantage of transporting iron from dawn to dusk to avoid the heat. In the heat, some people even carry buckets of water to sprinkle on their cars before getting in to go to work...
Mr. Tang Van An - Head of Forecasting Department, North Central Hydrometeorological Station said that in the past two days, due to the influence of low pressure in the West developing and expanding to the Southeast, combined with the Foehn effect, heat waves appeared widely in the southern part of the Northern Delta, the Northern and Central Central provinces. Today (May 15), low pressure in the West continues to develop, making the heat waves more severe.
The average temperature range measured in Nghe An in the past two days is from 36 to 38 degrees Celsius. In Vinh city alone, at 1 p.m. on May 15, the temperature measured in the meteorological tent was 38.9 degrees Celsius. "In fact, the difference between the outdoor temperature and the temperature in the meteorological tent is from 2 to 3 degrees Celsius. This afternoon, when the sun is at its peak, the temperature in Vinh city can reach over 40 degrees Celsius. The reason why Vinh city is the hottest in the whole Nghe An province is due to the impact of the concreting process and the buffer surface in Vinh city is sunnier than other areas," Mr. Tang Van An explained.
According to forecasts, this heat wave will continue for the next 2-3 days.
The National Center for Hydrometeorology said: Due to the influence of the southeastern edge of the low pressure area in the West combined with the southwest wind causing a strong foehn effect, yesterday (May 14), heat waves appeared widely in the southern region of the Northern Delta, the Northern and Central Central provinces with the highest temperature during the day commonly 36 - 380C, some points have temperature above 380C like Hoa Binh: 38.90C; Lang: 38.1 degrees; Hoi Xuan: 38.20C; Tuong Duong: 38.50C; Hue City: 38.30C…
Today (May 15), the low pressure area in the West continues to develop and expand to the Southeast, the heat will spread to the entire plains and midlands of the North, some places in the Northwest and the South Central Coast with the highest temperature commonly 36 - 380C, some places may experience intense heat with temperatures above 39 degrees Celsius.0C.
Nghe An Newspaper introduces some images of the early season heat:
Motorcyclist with face covered
The small lake in Nghe An General Hospital has become a shelter from the sun for many patients' relatives.
The motorbike taxi driver lay under the shade of a tree on Nguyen Sy Sach Street, not bothering to pick up passengers because it was too hot.
Many people working as coolies gather in groups under the shade of trees, waiting for dark to go home because they know for sure that in this hot weather they cannot find work.
Many people seek out stone benches in Nguyen Tat Thanh Park to avoid the heat.
Nguyen Khoa
