Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave

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Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heat waves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.

A woman shelters from the sun with an umbrella during hot weather in Manila on Apr 28, 2024. on Sunday as authorities across the region issued health warnings and residents fled to parks and air-conditioned malls for relief.

Samon Phusart, 62, and her husband Lee Saehang, 68, who is lying on a bed as he is vulnerable to heat stroke, use fans to cool down, as Thai authorities said that people had been killed by heatstroke this year and warned people to avoid outdoor activities, in Bangkok, Thailand, Apr 27, 2024. Myanmar has recorded temperatures that are 3 to 4 degrees Celsius higher than the April average, its weather monitor said last week.

Forecasters there said it would remain intensely hot until the end of April, with cooler conditions expected in May.India's weather department said Saturday that severe heatwave conditions would continue through the weekend in several states, with temperatures soaring to 44 degrees Celsius in some locations.

"The heat is too much," she told AFP."She already got heat rashes from sweating. I hope she does not get sick."The suspension of in-person classes in the Philippines came after Manila witnessed its highest temperature ever recorded, with jeepney drivers also planning a nationwide strike on Monday and Tuesday.

 

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