DUSHANBE, August 3, 2011, Asia-Plus - Over the past several days, temperatures in the major part of Tajikistan have reportedly risen to +45°C.

Weather forecasters say heat will start to go down only after August 8.  Ms. Parvina Saidjamolova, a specialist with the Hydrometeorology Agency, says that in Dushanbe, temperature will rise +42°C and only after August 8 temperatures here will go down by 5-6 degrees.

According to her, the highest temperature for August was reported in Dushanbe in 1982 and 1994 -- +45°C.