Abnormal heat has come to Uzbekistan. In the sun, the thermometer rises to +60 degrees Celsius. You can fry scrambled eggs.
Uzhydromet reported that on July 20 the maximum temperature in the country will reach +45 degrees. Such heat is predicted in Kashkadarya and Surkhandarya regions.
At the same time in the sun. The temperature is even higher.
Residents of different regions massively share photos in which thermometers show +50, +52 and even +60 degrees.
Uzbekistan is not a country, but a convection oven, residents of Uzbekistan joke.
"In a truck that was carrying eggs from From Samarkand to the Fergana Valley through the Kamchik Pass, some of them turned into chickens! The heat for plus 45 in the shade and the enclosed space of the body worked as an incubator, spoiling the goods. Farmers are in a panic: tomatoes are dying, traditional farming is unprofitable," writes orientalist Azat Akhunov in Business Online.
He reports that the platform of Tashkent airport heats up to 70 degrees and residents of the country record videos for social networks, as fried eggs in the sun.
Uzbek weather forecasters expect that the heat will continue in the coming days.