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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]
Scorching heat shattered temperature records across portions of Southeast Asia over the weekend as the region baked under a historic heat wave. AccuWeather forecasters say some relief is set to ...
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 ...
Governments in South and Southeast Asia have given practical advice on avoiding heat strokes and heat exhaustion, but few have come up with long term plans to address the worsening effects of the ...
In April, Malaysia's Meteorological Department issued heat wave alerts in several states. The highest temperature recorded was 38.4 °C (101.1 °F) in Negeri Sembilan. On 25 April, an 11-year-old boy and a 19-month-old toddler died of heat stroke and severe dehydration in Kelantan. [33] At least five people required medical treatment due to the ...
Though average temperatures in Southeast Asia have risen every decade since 1960, experts say one of the most worrying characteristics of the heat wave now sweeping across the region is its ...
By 2080, around 1 billion people in the cities of South and Southeast Asia are expected to experience around a month of extreme heat every year. [ 3 ] : 1460 The impacts on water cycle are more complicated: already arid regions, primarily located in West Asia and Central Asia , will see more droughts , while areas of East , Southeast and South ...
Climate experts say extreme heat in South Asia during the pre-monsoon season is becoming more frequent and the study found that extreme temperatures are now about 0.85 degrees Celsius (1.5 Fahrenheit) hotter in the region because of climate change.