Bangladesh's weather bureau said Wednesday that last month was the hottest April on record, with the South Asian nation and much of the region still enduring a suffocating heat wave.
Bangladesh experienced its hottest April last month since 1948, with temperatures surpassing the 30-year average by 2-8 degrees. The absence of pre-monsoon thunderstorms led to significantly low rainfall, causing a suffocating heatwave and school closures.
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