Heat and drought are expected to impact Thailand soon.
The end of the summer season is predicted to arrive by the middle of month, but Thailand is expected to face the harsh impact of the El Niño phenomenon around the middle of June. This will lead to severe drought conditions, according to the Meteorological Department (MD), Bangkok Post reports.
The highest temperatures for the remaining summer months have been revised, with maximum temperatures now anticipated to hover around 40C, rather than the previously predicted peak of 43C.
Somkhwan Tanchan, the Meteorological Observations Division’s director, noted that the average maximum temperature has been consistently around 40C since the beginning of this month. Fortunately, this can be attributed to a low-pressure trough, as opposed to the heatwaves experienced by neighbouring countries, such as India and Bangladesh since early…
