In the middle of an intense heat wave that caused authorities to shut down universities throughout the nation, a large crowd of Bangladeshis gathered on Wednesday to pray for rain.
According to intensive scientific research, climate change is making heat waves greater, more frequent, and more intense.
Bangladesh’s weather ministry says that common highest temperatures in the investment Dhaka over the past week have been 4- 5 degrees Celsius ( 39- 41 degrees Fahrenheit ) higher than the 30- year average for the same period.
Muslim believers prayed in capital mosques and remote fields to cool off from the scorching heat, which forecasters predict will last at least for another week.
” Our prophet’s history is praying for rains. We asked for his gifts for rain and offered our sins, according to Muhammad Abu Yusuf, an Islamist priest who led a morning meditation support for 1, 000 people in central Dhaka.
” Living has become awful due to lack of floods”, he said. ” Poor people are suffering greatly”.
According to the police, similar-sized worship services were held in a number of different elements of Bangladesh.
The government’s largest Islamist group, Jamaat- e- Islami, issued a declaration calling its users to visit the worship services planned for Wednesday and Thursday.
Last year, government mandated that all schools postpone lessons until the end of the month.
Over the past week, temperatures across Bangladesh have reached more than 42C ( 108F ).
” April is often the hottest month in Bangladesh. However, this April has been among the hottest since the country’s independence ( in 1971 ), according to government forecaster Tariful Newaz Kabir.
Kabir claimed that the heat was caused by fewer thunderstorms than the typical period had been.
He stated,” We anticipate that this month’s higher temperatures does continue.”
According to state health officer Bhupen Chandra Mondal, hospitals in the southwestern coastal region of Patuakhali had native outbreaks of diarrhea brought on by higher temperatures and the resulting higher salinity of local water sources.
” The number of vomiting patients is extremely high this time”, he said. ” This is all linked to climate change”.
