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Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia
swelters in extreme heatwave
South and Southeast Asia braced for
more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities
across the region issued health warnings and
residents fled to parks and air-conditioned malls
for relief.
A wave of exceptionally hot weather has
blasted the region over the past week, sending the
mercury as high as 45 degrees Celsius (113
degrees Fahrenheit) and forcing thousands of
schools to tell students to stay home.
The Philippines announced on Sunday
the suspension of in-person classes at all public
schools for two days after a record-shattering day
of heat in the capital Manila.
In Thailand, where at least 30 people
have died of heatstroke so far this year, the
meteorological department warned of "severe
conditions" after temperatures in a northern
province exceeded 44.1C (111.4F) on Saturday.
And in Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam,
India and Bangladesh, forecasters warned that
temperatures could exceed 40C in the coming
days as people endured searing heat and stifling
humidity.
"I dare not go out in the daytime. I am
worried we would get heatstroke," said a 39
year-old cashier in Myanmar’s Yangon who gave
her name as San Yin.
She said she has been going to a park with
her husband and four-year-old son at night to
escape the heat of their fourth-floor apartment.
"This is the only spot we can stay to avoid
the heat in our neighbourhood," she said.
Global temperatures hit record highs last
year, and the United Nations weather and climate
agency said Tuesday that Asia was warming at a
particularly rapid pace.
France24. (2024, April 28). Schools closed, warnings
issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave. Retrieved from:
https://www.france24.com
The term "heatstroke" is mentioned more than
once in the news article. Which of the following
is the most accurate definition of heatstroke?
