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BENGALURU, India—Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found.

Scorching temperatures were felt across large swaths of Asia, from Gaza in the west—where over 2 million people face clean water shortages, lack of health care and other essentials amid the Israeli bombardment—to the Philippines in the southeast, with many parts of the continent experiencing temperatures well above 40 degrees Celsius several days in a row.

“People suffered and died when April temperatures soared in Asia,” said Friederike Otto, study author and climate scientist at Imperial College in London. “If humans continue to burn fossil fuels, the climate will continue to warm, and vulnerable people will continue to die.” Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam broke records for their hottest April day, and the Philippines experienced its hottest night ever with a low of 29.8 degrees Celsius . In India, temperatures reached as high as 46 degrees Celsius . The month was the hottest April on record globally and the eleventh consecutive month in a row that broke the hottest month record.

 

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