Myanmar records hottest ever April in its history with a temperature of 48.2 Celsius

A woman walks with a cold drink under an umbrella along a street on a hot day in Yangon on April 25, 2024. Myanmar recorded its hottest ever April temperature of 48.2 degrees Celsius (118.76 Fahrenheit), its weather department said Monday, on April 29, 2024, as the South-East Asian nation bakes in a heatwave. - AFP

Yangon, April 29, 2024 (AFP): Myanmar recorded its hottest ever April temperature of 48.2 degrees Celsius (118.76 Fahrenheit), authorities said Monday, as the South-East Asian nation bakes in a heatwave.

The mercury hit 48.2C in the town of Chauk in central Myanmar's Magway region on Sunday, according to a statement from the country's weather office, the highest temperature seen anywhere in Myanmar in April since records began 56 years ago.