Bangladesh experiences longest heatwave in 75 years | DW News
Extreme heat is one of many factors that makes Asia the most disaster-prone continent in the world. That's according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization. Last year, extreme weather events across the region killed two thousand people and affected millions.
This latest report warns climate change is intensifying the severity of climate disasters. Floods, the melting of glaciers, along with extreme heat remain the major threats in Asia. And Bangladesh is one of the countries MOST vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis. It's currently facing its longest heatwave in 75 years.
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From Dhaka. I am unironically looking forward to going to office because it's unbearable at home and AC shoots up the bill so much.
gotta suck living in such a cesspit type situation. really nothing to envy from over there it seems.
People need to purchase renewal energy like Solar and Wind power
leave the country... wont getting better...
@@Flex385 I left in 2022 and I thank Allah everyday, Cold is much tolerable
@@WaveRider1989 but conglo in energy sector hate that, they will out of business if renewable energy is push by masses
Indonesia here. The increase in heat and humidity in the past month is definitely noticeable.
Bang ditempatmu panasnya mencapai berapa derajat bang??
iyalah namanya juga musim kemarau. Kasus diluar negeri itu sampai esktrem. Kita sama aja tahun demi tahun karen apa? kemarau 😆
alhamdulillah di malang masih aman, puncak cmn sampe 30c
Di Magelang malah ga terlalu panas paling tinggi 29 kalo pagi 19 kalau musim2 kemarau bisa 14 kalau pagi malah
Di Jateng pagi2 sekarang dingin bgt, kerja pagi mau mandi aja menggigil dingin bgt, kalo siang jam 9 keatas panas cetar smpe jam 4 sore, krn udah mau masuk musim kemarau. Tpi klo dibandingin sama tahun 80 90an masih jauh lebih enak cuaca dulu sih dripda skrg 😂 Skrg jam 9 udh panas cetar, dinginnya cuma pagi sma sore malem, dulu jam 11 siang masih sejuk berembun angin kenceng. Pemanasan global udh jelas terjadi, akibat area hijau menyempit dirusak, pohon2 ditebangi diganti beton. Gk kebayang 50 thn yg akan datang panasnya gimana. Bahkan gunung aja skrg bnyk dibabat jadi kebun dan perumahan kafe2 hiden gem, area hijaunya tinggal di pucuk aja. Perbanyak tanam pohon didepan rumah dan area2 kosong, bonsai sama bambu bagus bgt buat menurunkan suhu pas udh besar.
I visited Death Valley about twenty years ago. The temperature was 113 degrees (45 Celsius) dry heat in the desert. Bangladesh has humidity so the heat index is worse maybe 52 Celsius or 125 Fahreinheit. That poor woman cooking food in the kitchen because she has too I feel sorry for her.
I don't understand why she has to cook. I'd be eating cold food. Fruits, veggies, protein smoothies, mushrooms. Cold cuts. No one NEEDS to cook.
I imagine cooked food is safer to consume, imagine how fast the things you mentioned go off in this heat without sufficient cold chain logistics. @@zenwilds2911
@@zenwilds2911 when i look at the list of what you would eat that tells me that you're out of touch with how people live in other parts of the world. Sure she can have protein smoothie but she will need some type of refrigeration. As for mushrooms did you check the price of those lately. Like shiitake mushroom between $12 to $20 a pound or half a kilo. You would be eating cold food. She probably doesn't even have a refrigerator. She has to cook because she lives in an entirely different culture that you're familiar with. Easy for you to stop by a fast food joint and buy some food and avoid the kitchen. In her country the average daily pay is a few dollars a day. What kind of meal can you buy with that?
@@zenwilds2911it's easy to tell others how to live their lives
@@ontheroad5555 thank you broter for defending my Country. I m tired of people telling us stop being poor and live like west. Like yess we are trying to develop but as a young country it will take time for us.
desert regions like Pakistan, Oman, UAE are facing floods, Tropical regions like Southern India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Philippines are facing Heatwaves and extreme weather...what's wrong with Asia these days......
And what about USA experiencing tornadoes on one since last week
Any easy prophecy to make at any time in human history is that there will be fire, flood, drought, earthquakes, volcanoes, famine , war and disease. Such has it ever been. The only constant on Earth is change, and personally, I have never lived anywhere in the USA where it wasn't ocean ages ago,, proven by the crinoid and other fossils that you can easily find. Be like Water and flow with the changes. We can do little else. Solidarity to you across the miles, we are all in it together.
It's called human induced climate change...
Wait for heatwaves in Europe. All European news channels like DW will go crazy.
India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Philippines are normally very hot. So not so strange that they have high temperatures.
i'm from chennai, india. Usually the heatwave alert starts from the may. but this time, the temperatures are soaring 38-40 C just in the beginning of april. which is affecting the daily life of street vendors, labors and other who travel long for work.
oh great... so now more people inside scam centers, just what the world wants and needs. at least on the street they can only scam people walking nearby.
I saw an article that the jetstream of hot air around the planet is way off course atm... its shown here in the UK too were we normally get a pickup of temp it dropped back to winter temps this week and even had some snow/sleet WAY out of season here. very possible you guys are getting the extra hot air we were supposed to have :( climate change for sure...
vanakkam
Same in America. Climate change is definitely approaching aggressively.
That’s just normal temperatures of a Texas summer
in My childhood temperature was 27-32 degree in BANGLADESH. Now it’s 38-42 degree. God too much hot weather. 🤦
allah can reduce temperature
@@praneethjayasimha5943 Allah can but clearly isn't so come up with a new plan.
@@praneethjayasimha5943 The able but unwilling God ? Truly a pinnacle of compassion
@@rihhard1072 The paradox of divinity.
@@hurrdurrmurrgurr I think he was being sarcastic.Cause no God cant.They don't exist.Only humans can by planting more trees and not by destroying trees.
Receiving daily rains is a blessing, north-east India in that sense is heaven.
Sylhet's weather is same like north East India
Come to Tripura u will see a worst heatwave
Hello from Bangladesh 🇧🇩. It's a great sorrow that I couldn't go outside in daylight and smoke for 1 week due to acute temperature. The temperature fluctuates at 40°-45° . The sun burns me 24/7 🥵
Take it easy and find a way to make your daily life more pleasant
@@felicous stay bless ,wisher.
It's also hot here, even reaching 33° degrees Celsius
@@DDK.-ee9gw May rain very soon insa allah 🌧️🌧️
This condition has been going on for almost a month
We should see this as an example how all countries are affected by this sooner or later. And how the costs of emissions who were tanked by the planet for over 100 years come back to haunt us. Not that cyclones are in North-America and Europe but that some extreme weather events happen more often and being stronger raising the costs it has on a country each year until one day it is more in total than fossil fuel ever created on profits.
Well. We just hit an all-time high of 53C in the Philippines.
All time high is actually 55 degrees , recorded in Dagupan city , last year .
😢 stay safe.
Bro thats the feel like temperature not the actual temperature. The highest temperature recorded in Philippines was 42.2 ℃.
@@balpakna7115 the heat index it's called.
@@ontheroad5555 ya, that's heatindex, which is the feel like temperature, but not the actual temperature, actual temperature is generally way lower than the heat index in humid climate
Even in Ghana, it has been unbearably hot; and the power outages hasn’t been helping neither
I hope that more renewable energy is installed in the future
Goodness... Kenya here is floating in water we locals are lucky not to be in the city because its under water 😢
@@juliaannenderitu it's horrible
Heat index here in manila reached 53c. I go out in the morning smelling nice perfume but by noon time i smell like roasted chicken coz my skin is burning. This year is especially bad. Never had this kind of heat before. Schools were closed and students go online to study. Offices now close early. Aircons are working overtime and yet it cant cool a room enough. Electricity consumption went thru the roof and worse power plants are breaking down due to the extreme heat. Stray animals like dogs and cats had it worst. There were many reports of cats and dogs just dying in the streets due to heat stroke. We are all doing our part by putting water stations around corners to give them some relief. But we cant do anything about their paws full of blisters due to walking on asphalts all day. Dams are drying up. Govt cant do cloud seeding coz there are no clouds at all, visibility is clear as far as the eye can see. Im afraid we will get strong typhoons later this year as the ocean waters are so heated today
Sending you and everyone else good vibes ❤ stay safe 🙏
No, 127 degrees ? No way.
@@timothy4557 I saw my neighbor crack an egg on their patio and it got fried just with the heat of the sun.
@@jaames Yes, but at 53° you could "boil it." 😁
India recorded the hottest world temperature in 2016 at 51°.
Its amazing that they think spaying water onto the road like that helps with anything. Its a waste of water and is actually making things worst.
Heat is gradually increasing 😢
Actually, it isn't gradual at all. It is accelerating and exponential. What is happening now wasn't expected until the end of the century.
@@nsbd90now i miss 1960
@nsbd90now its get worse every year
Countries with 150 Million should Reduce their population by Half at Least if not 75%! That’ll help
@@Iceyfire12so we western countries can continue to pretend that climate change isn’t real and we can continue doing what we’re doing for years?
I will blame the west, all clothes are mainly made in Bangladesh, big ships are being dismantled here without proper ppes and all this contributes towards the climate changes bc the west want cheap clothes, pay cheap labour and here in the UK sell the items very expensive in M&S doesnt make sense.
You blame the west for everything.
Dude it’s your government not the west … people will throw garbage into your house … if u are not assertive and watchful
@@bonnydavis6730 75% of the carbon emission is done by west! And now lecturing developing countries for carbon footprints? wow!! WE HAVE FOUR DIRECTION NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND HYPROCRITES.
Myanmar= 46' C Bangladesh =45' C India=43' C Me 🥵🥵💀💀
Why they dont control their Populations?
why -46?
Genesis 5.0L V8: 20C 😎
@@TheRuben_music 🥶
@@V8-friendly Just one thing, it is NOT freezing there.
while other south east asian countries have heatwave, here in indonesia we have first ever tornado on tropics
the developing nations emit less but suffer more from climate change
150+ Million people is not emitting less than
Just Google the co2 emission of both countries@@Iceyfire12
it's quite the opposite
We are in a bowl of water with flame under it...
Actually it's from above
This guest is trying so hard ❤.
Her heart is strong for what she's reporting on.
I was born and raised in Bangladesh and moved to the states in 2022 its 82 degree fahrenheit in NY today and its hot for the people here ! Praying to the God for my Bangladesh !
Yesterday, ph had recorded 53 degrees heat index , and today , 51 degrees . As of actual temperature , manila had recorded 38.8 degrees Celsius , all time high ( shattering the previous record 38.6 recorded on april and may 1915 ) .
I'm from the USA I don't know how people live without A/C in the summer I wouldn't be able to survive the heat
Here I have been living for decades without air conditioning.
I have lived without electricity in a hot top floor room in India last to last summer. One of my mentors has lived similarly in a hotter city than mine. Basically you sleep late around 12-6 am. Then take a siesta in the afternoon for 1.5-3 hr. The trick is to never use a ceiling fan, have South and west cross ventilation, and hydrate a lot. This year I use an AC almost whole day because now I have a baby daughter and I don't wish her to suffer. Why did I live without electricity,? Because I am a follower or student of Mahatma Gandhi and I was experimenting living as a poor person on 42 USD a month.
Here we are in Kenya devastated by heavy rains, praying it stops for some relief. Climate change and this extreme weather events really suck
I fear the day when a region without ubiquitous HVAC experiences an unlivable wet bulb temperature for several consecutive weeks.
Millions upon millions dying within days.
@@nsbd90now That’s scary and apocalyptic
@@TheAshdan81 Yeah. And I'd bet it first happens before 2030.
Heatwaves been freaking me out
DW News ! I love you. I really enjoy watching the news on your channel.
As a Canadian, I've only felt 35 and over a few times, and only ever for a few days at a time. Im fairly sure I would die at 45, I wouldn't notice the signs of heatstroke.
I’m vacationing in Thailand & Laos in the last 3 weeks , temperatures between 38-44c 🥵🥵🥵I’m leaving tomorrow back to Canada ❤, I will never complain again about our winter -20c 😂😂😂😂 surprisingly I m doing well in the heat wave, lots of water , early morning strolling out for foods , sightseeing, stayed indoors when it’s extremely hot 🥵, venturing out at night for more delicious foods 🥩🍜🫕🍲😂 but at night still in the low 30’s🥵🥵🥵can’t imagine leaving here without AC
As a extraterrestrial i believe you
A few years ago, people were dropping like flies in 25C "heat". I wonder how they'll fare in Asia right now 😂
Thank you for covering this.
It's unbearably hot and feel tired. 34-37 degrees with 70%-80% humidity.
Why is the studio background a “Barangay” in the Philippines??
Bangladesh is more affected by heat wave. On the other hand general people could not use AC due to high rate of electricity. 😭😭😭😭
need to create solar power AC
How
I'm sitting outside in the evening air but it's still hot and humid 40*
We need to live underground more. Stable temperatures without using energy
Same here in Kolkata, geographically same as Bangladesh.Temp soaring above 44 everyday.
I think it's cooling down a bit here in the Philippines. I can open the windows again during the night and let out the heat, compared to still needing AC and my room still being warm during the night.
wish the best for bangladesh. bangaladeshis are some of the friendliest, warmest people
Stay blessed brother from a Bangladeshi
We should also consider the large population growth. More people, more carbon emissions.
Yes, but one person in India has a far smaller footprint than one person in the US or Western Europe.
so.....mini genocide?...
@@bloodlove93 Don't give the corporate oligarchs of the Military-Industrial Complex any more ideas along those lines.
1 American emits 1000 Bangladeshis carbon in the atmosphere. It's really not Bangladeshis but Americans.
Bangladesh is 48th in CO2 Emissions by Country. China and the USA are tops. Comment after you gather some knowledge about this.
It's only just begun... and "faster than expected".
I don't know the heat, I live in AC, go to offoce in car with AC and work in an air conditioned office. Truly blessed in this heat.
You are sick
What about the poor living on the streets
Dude I am.high af😢😢
This whole thread above is sick 😂
@@frankyymilkyy9001 Insta effect....🤣🤣
Tree plantation across the country right now may be a great solution to overcome this present situation. So we need a green country along with a green Dhaka
Have you been to Ghana?
Any reason that a wrong map of India is highlighted and shown when the whole story is about Bangladesh. Biases of the person filing the report??
You have way too much free time.
@@passerby4507 And you?
I hate the fact that rich countries continue to thrive in expense of the poor ones.
For me in the 197 countries around the world wide it must be controller the production and use Energy looking for other Energy clearly
I can’t believe some still do not believe this is happening. I live in the Philippines and I cannot go out anymore, the wind itself is very hot, even when you’re not yet under the sun.
Thailand now, May 1st, 2024. 42° C, feels like 46° C
I just checked and its 98 degrees at 1 am... I would hate living there, no respite even at night.
It is 1.5 Celsius over the 1951-1880 average in the tropics.
Dhaka is like a Frying Fan today.
And as usual with high level heat the amounts of mosquitoes is also increased twice compared with 3-4 years ago here on Bangladesh, thanks to climate changers ❤
Alaska is cold 🥶
The major cause is India’s unilaterally blocking Ganga river water whereas the river is international river, this river being the lifeline of north west Bangladesh though there is a treaty of water sharing but India doesn’t respect this treaty. Because of this whole north western parts of Bangladesh are facing desertification. It’s India’s long old policy to make this country socio-economically weak. Anyone wish to learn more on this should search farakka barrage over ganga river and it’s environmental impact.
I believe this year UK will hit 39-42 bc we are still having rainy cold weather in April.
From Srilanka. Its burning here as well. Still livable in shade for now.
In India( North, west and central) nowadays when temperature is rising even a bit , it starts raining 😂. Heavy rain is predicted from 4 May onwards here.
1:17 He is literally melting in the heat but completely ignores the frickin´ fan in the background, waiting for someone FINALLY recognizes him and remeber its function! its not like they dont understand the manual 🤣😂🤦 btw, lifehack: make towels wet (not dripping!) an lay em over the back of the fan cage. Et voila, ac.
During Beenish’s interview, the background are photos of Philippines. But nearing the end, what I think, it changed to a Bangladesh boy taking a shower.
even though people died due to heatwave, bangladesh population keep growing
That's not true, infact Bangladesh's population will shrink 20~40% by 2100.
@@srabonxThat is due to significant illegal immigration to India
Nah... Birth control is well established in the country. Growth will peak at 2060. If we stop growth too much we will end up like Japan birth rate crisis.
Musalman
@@khanch.6807Better to have low birth rate crisis than extreme poverty in a heatwave.
Very strange it's almost May and Pakistan is so cold due to rains
West Bengal, India - 41.7
here in canada we can't even get a good summer, its still snowing in may lol.
It's still better than heat and Canada isn't known for tropical beaches and climate
I love snow ❄️!
It's going to be a brutal summer.
Imagine rich countries are top contributor of pollution but your poor country are most affected The Philippines is one of the countries most affected by climate change, despite not being a top contributor to global pollution, due to its geographical location and vulnerability to extreme weather events
Oh my its a true stories...
Is there a higher consumption of Vindaloo?
Nepal's rivers primarily flow into India, and some of them eventually reach Bangladesh as well. The Ganges River, for example, originates in the Himalayas in Nepal, flows through India, and eventually forms part of the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh. Similarly, the Koshi River, also known as the "Sorrow of Bihar," originates in Tibet, flows through Nepal and India, and joins the Ganges in India before ultimately reaching Bangladesh. While Nepal is landlocked and doesn't directly border Bangladesh, its rivers have significant impacts on both India and Bangladesh due to their interconnected water systems.
baghladesh main report background picture its philippines baranggay and toda lol
Haha oo nga pansin ko din 😅
Philippines has heatvaves to max heat index, heavy rains and flooding, Typhoon, errupting volcanos, earthquake, No snow.
i thought sri lanka is hot unusual manner with 29 to 32 but actually sri lanka is cold thanks to our nature ❤
and here in Pakistan, we are experiencing unusual rains for the last month...over 100 people killed in rain related catastrophes ...Its not supposed to be raining at all in this month.
you folk should harvest rain
Start digging holes
Hypocrisy of West media who don't question about the historical polluters like Europe and America but ask questions about poor investment by Bangladesh to mitigate climate change
Richest country should come forward to help
Beggers 😂
The place is packed.
they have yet to figure that out...
So what?
@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 Yep typical response...
I fear what's going to happen next year April and May
East africa is currently flooding while Asia is having a heat wave. What's happening in this earth.
China and quatar got wicked floods about two weeks ago worst ever in decades.
Have you ever heard about Man made climate change?
Global warming. Due to increase in green house gases. Due to concrete jungle, factories, vehicles. And decrease in oxygen due to deforestation.
That one guy is drinkin the product. U never drink the product.
And we're just getting started, its only going to get hotter and hotter.
There will be a time that people will have to do all their shopping at 5am and end at 10am; then resume at 3pm because of the heat
I have a government job. I just sit in the government car with the air conditioning on for most of the day. 😄
Bakwas
Let's always do alot of good ❤️
Mud houses with thick walls get less hot....
I live in Kolkata and last year's heatwave was slightly hotter and longer than this. Nevertheless this is unprecedented in scale.
South East Asia is the Fire Nation of this world
This is only the beginning.
I can only imagine how hot and gross it must be at night. I can’t sleep. It’s too damn hot, is what I’d say.
get used to it....😢
Not possible
No Aid , first ensure urbanisation with proper planning....then ask for aid....relentless cutting of tees, covering water bodies are characteristics of urbanisation in bangladesh
We are proud of our reporter who represents Bangladesh in Dw News. 😊
id ask if there's anything else to be proud of...but....well....ya,nvm.
She is a Pakistani and not Bangladeshi-origin DW journalist.
What should be blamed here are the European countries and the West; they are the ones at fault for the abnormal high heat index or heat waves. Just think of it as us healing the wound they inflicted. We're the ones suffering; if only the wealthy countries didn't abuse the use of fossil fuels, we wouldn't be experiencing this. We, especially those in ASEAN countries like the Philippines, are pitiful. The normal temperature here is almost 45 to 50 degrees Celsius. Can you imagine that?
Don't panic, we have been warned many times before! Some of us just prefered to deny it all....
I wonder why the background picture is the Philippines yet you are talking about Bangladesh
Governments, town planners, housing industries etc, etc - business as usual!
THAT 7% SPENDING ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION IS WHACK AND THAT MONEY GOES TO POCKETS OF POLITICIANS AND USELESS STUFF.
40c is kinda cold 51c does felt like summer in my area
40-43 degree is just a show..It feels far more worse in dhaka or other districts because these has become hit islands..
Not really, Bangladesh having temperature of 43-45 degree Celsius where the heat index can reach 50 ℃..
@@balpakna7115 not a heat index its the actual temp as based on my expensive old school glass accurite thrmostat that uses mercury
@@balpakna7115 and as we all know mercury doesnt lie tho its a little less sensitive than digital it does meassure the ambient temp at 50c-51c the heat out in the open is around 57-62
@@bloomingorchid9407 its probably hotter , those temp meassuring towers isnt really as accurate since theyre only placed in fixed areas and worse some of them compare mix or adjust the meassurements based on sattelite reading making it more less accurate
Why you guys always choose slums for any report?? Don't middle-class or higher class people or rich areas suffer from any calamity??
It's a tactic they choose for entire Indian subcontinent.
Don't worry. Summer is really hot but the world is not ending to just everybody just relax.
While living in a country that contributes just 0.49% of greenhouse emissions globally every year, I am spending a quarter of my salary every month just to run a single A/C to keep one room cool (not cold) at this time of the year, every year, for 4 whole months. My family of 6 crowd inside my tiny home office just so we can all stay cool. Energy prices are through the roof. The A/C needs to be run almost 24/7. Not to mention the countless category 3 and above hurricanes that hit my country every year during the monsoon season after the heat wave is over. It is absolutely unfair. If we're the most affected by climate change, we should at least be compensated by countries that emit the most greenhouse gasses so that we could deal with the impact of climate change. The least that they could do is subsidize energy costs in countries affected the most, so we can level the playing field a bit. This would also incentivize the top greenhouse gas producing countries to work towards actually lowering down their emissions because if there's an international law that charges climate tax equivalent to the amount of greenhouse gas they produce. I promise you, they will stop giving us the walk-around and actually start doing actions that will slow down climate change. A win-win for all parties. The saddedst part? Everything I said is just wishful thinking.
How is cloud seeding in the middle east effecting the climate elsewhere? 🤔