An Assessment of Heatwave Impact in Enugu Metropolis of Enugu State

Abstract Background: The context of this research the impact of heatwave within Enugu city center, with the aim to analyze the impact in the city metropolis of Enugu state which comprises of three local government areas namely Enugu East Enugu North and Enugu South.Result: From the result, our findings showed the increase in lst over the period of years and over 50% inhabitants feel discomfort, while the vegetation index reduced in year 2020.Conclusion: The summary of the research looked at the change detection, NDVI, LST, and thermal comfortablity index, the potential implication of the result shows that heatwave impact is more felt in the study area and, the city will become more hotter in the near future thereby making it unfavourable and un comfortable for people to live or habit.