Myanmar recorded its hottest ever April temperature of 48.2 degrees Celsius (118.76 Fahrenheit), its weather department said on Monday, as the Southeast 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.
Source: AFP