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Temperatures up to 40oC in southern Madagascar

Temperatures in southern Madagascar #MyMadagascar #MahajangaMaVille

Temperatures up to 40oC in southern Madagascar

Climate - Temperature up to 40oC in southern Madagascar

In overheating mode

Yesterday, Thursday 05 February 2020 10 a.m., heat up to 40oC in southern Madagascar over an extended period of time.

Heatwave in the South

While northern Madagascar was suffering for several days from the effects of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, the South is experiencing truly hot conditions. The European Centre model announces maximum temperatures of up to 40oC, especially in the Atsimo-Andrefana regions, Androy and Anosy at least until this Weekend.

In addition to this heat, this area of Madagascar will not be able to rely on rainfall to soften temperatures. Rainfall is expected to be rare across all regions of Toliara province for the rest of this week and this Week End.

It is on the northern tip of the Big Island that the showers will be most marked during this period.

It's out of line.

Too much is too much ! The city of Toliara endures, for a few days, sweltering heat and a blazing sun. "We've lived through several years of “Faosa”. But this time, it goes beyond the limits", deplores Ramada, a sixty-year-old woman living in Tsienengea.

The people of Toliara feel like they are in a furnace. On the streets, people sweat heavily and drink a lot to avoid dehydration. If the youngest people can more or less withstand the heat, older people have trouble breathing.

Many people are admitted to the emergency room on a daily basis Tanambao University Hospital to receive medical assistance, due to discomfort due to high temperatures (difficulty breathing and sunburn). The same is true in other hospitals in the city. Some hospitalized patients are even prone to vomiting and diarrhea, sometimes dizzy.

Life only resumes around 19 h

With this heat wave raging, most people limit outdoor outings and sun exposure to the maximum.

In the early hours of the day, the temperature is already close to 32 degrees. In the afternoon, it reaches 37-degree spikes, or even 39 degrees. In the sunset, temperature drops to 18 degrees- 20°.

The usual trips are reduced to the bare minimum during the day. This means that life doesn't take its course again until around 19 h.

Rickshaws are becoming scarce due to the high heat. Those on duty do not hesitate to increase transport costs. The vast majority of, shops close well before noon.

In any case, Doctors recommend preventive measures to protect the human body from high heat. "Any heatwave exposes the body to dehydration, with all the physiological disorders that this entails, as well as sunstroke and stroke", says an emergency centre doctor at the Tanambao University Hospital

Stay hydrated and avoid sun exposure

This heatwave is an extension of conditions already particularly hot since the beginning of the year 2020. Already, during the month of January, the population of Toliara was asphyxiated by unbearable heat and a blazing sun.

With this new period of high heat, Coco Lodge calls on the people of the South to take preventive measures to protect themselves.

Keeping your diet well and avoiding prolonged sun exposure are the basic recommendations to follow over the next few days. Finally, particular attention must be paid to sensitive populations (Infants, children and the elderly).

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