First heat wave strikes northern region

The northern region will experience the first major heat wave of the year today, April 8 with temperatures rising to 37 degrees, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The northern region will experience the first major heat wave of the year today, April 8 with temperatures rising to 37 degrees, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Illustrative image. People drive on a street in Hanoi in a hot summer day.

The heat wave has been felt from yesterday with blazing hot sunshine, especially in the north-western provinces and some western mountainous areas of Thanh Hoa and Thua Thien-Hue provinces with temperatures ranging from 35-36.7 degrees.

The heat wave will increase by two degrees in temperature and cover a wide area of the north from tomorrow and may last four days, the centre said.

In Hanoi, the temperatures tend to rise from today to April 11, ranging from 33-35 degrees.