Saigon residents have been adopting a wide range of measures, impromptu and otherwise, as they confront scorching heat that takes the UV index to hazardous levels.
Motorbike drivers huddle in the shade of the Cat Lai Bridge in Thu Duc City as they wait for the traffic light to turn green.
For a week now, the average temperature in HCMC has risen to 36 degrees Celsius, but the urbanized concrete jungle pushes the mercury even higher to 38 degrees Celsius and beyond.
A woman dozes off in a tricycle, wearing a jacket with a hood, sunglasses and a long face mask.
American weather station AccuWeather and the U.K.’s Weather Online have forecast that the city’s UV Index would reach “very high” levels of 10-11 between March 1 to 20.
The UV Index is an international standard measurement of the strength of…
