MANILA — Extreme heat scorched parts of South and Southeast Asia on Wednesday (April 24), prompting schools across the Philippines to suspend classes, heat warnings in the Thai capital and worshippers in Bangladesh to pray for rain.
MANILA — Extreme heat scorched parts of South and Southeast Asia on Wednesday , prompting schools across the Philippines to suspend classes, heat warnings in the Thai capital and worshippers in Bangladesh to pray for rain.The heat index was expected to reach the "danger" level of 42°C or higher in at least 30 cities and municipalities of the Philippines.
"It's so hot you can't breathe," said Ms Erlin Tumaron, 60, who works at a Philippine seaside resort in Cavite province, south of Manila, where the heat index reached 47°C on Tuesday. There was also a 50 per cent chance of the heat intensifying in the coming days, Ms Ana Solis, chief climatologist at the state weather forecaster, told AFP.
WMO Deputy Secretary-General Ko Barrett said:"Extreme heat is increasingly becoming the big silent killer." Bangladesh's weather bureau said average maximum temperatures in the capital over the past week have been 4-5°C higher than the 30-year average for the same period.
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