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Since April 2024, several Southeast Asian countries have experienced record-breaking temperatures which have left several people dead. [1] [2] Heat indices peaked at 53 °C (127 °F) in Iba in the Philippines on 28 April 2024. The heat wave has been attributed to a combination of causes, including climate change and El Niño. [1]
On 25 April, four weather stations in Myanmar recorded monthly high temperatures, with Theinzayet in the Mon State recording the highest temperature at 43 °C (109 °F). The next day, the city of Bago reached 42.2 °C (108.0 °F), matching a record previously reached in May 2020 and April 2019, according to weather historian Maximiliano Herrera.
A multiweek heat wave impacting southeastern Asia has shattered all-time records, prompted school closures and killed at least 13 people, according to officials. Temperatures in parts of ...
The climate of Asia is dry across its southwestern region. Some of the largest daily temperature ranges on Earth occur in the western part of Asia . The monsoon circulation dominates across the southern and eastern regions, due to the Himalayas forcing the formation of a thermal low which draws in moisture during the summer.
Much of South and Southeast Asia experiences the hottest temperatures in April, May and June before monsoon rains bring much needed relief. A student drinks water outside a school in Banda Aceh ...
South and Southeast Asian countries have been coping with a weekslong heat wave rendering record high temperatures that have posed a severe health risk.. Umbrellas to shield against blazing ...
[3]: 1460 Hot temperature extremes appear to have increased the most in Central and West Asia, while heatwaves in East and South Asia are becoming longer, more frequent and more severe. [3]: 1464 In 2016 and 2018, Asia has already experienced extreme heat that would have been statistically impossible without climate change.
Nearly half a billion children in South Asia are exposed to extreme high temperatures as life-threatening heat waves caused by the climate crisis become stronger and more frequent, according to ...