Bangladesh experiences longest heatwave in 75 years | DW News 

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.

Indonesia here. The increase in heat and humidity in the past month is definitely noticeable.

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.

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......

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.

in My childhood temperature was 27-32 degree in BANGLADESH. Now it’s 38-42 degree. God too much hot weather. 🤦

Receiving daily rains is a blessing, north-east India in that sense is heaven.

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 🥵

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.

Even in Ghana, it has been unbearably hot; and the power outages hasn’t been helping neither

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

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 😢

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.

Myanmar= 46' C Bangladesh =45' C India=43' C Me 🥵🥵💀💀

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

We are in a bowl of water with flame under it...

This guest is trying so hard ❤.

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 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.

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.

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

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

We should also consider the large population growth. More people, more carbon emissions.

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.

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??

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

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 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

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.

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

The place is packed.

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.

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.

I have a government job. I just sit in the government car with the air conditioning on for most of the day. 😄

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....😢

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. 😊

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

Why you guys always choose slums for any report?? Don't middle-class or higher class people or rich areas suffer from any calamity??

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? 🤔