Philippines, Southeast Asia
‘Inside an oven’: sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia
Governments issue health warnings as schools shut and crops fail, with fears that worse is to come as heatwave tightens grip
AP PHOTOS: South and Southeast Asian countries cope with a weekslong heat wave
In the Philippines, India and Bangladesh, officials have told students to stay home and do their lessons remotely.
Southeast Asian heat wave creates scorched land and classrooms too hot to study in
A heat wave across many parts of southeast Asia has brought hardship for millions of people. The area's animals are also suffering.
Southeast Asia is enduring a brutal, record-setting heat wave
Temperatures have reached 100 to 120 degrees, closing schools, taxing power grids, and increasing heat-related illnesses and deaths.
Philippine schools cancel classes as major heat wave spreads across Southeast Asia
Millions of students in public schools across the Philippines are being ordered to stay home after urgent health warnings spread throughout Southeast Asia as major heatwave continues to hit region.
Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts
The Philippines has closed schools down and warned of overloading on its power grid, as authorities across Southeast Asia issued a series of health alerts for a crushing and deadly heat wave.
Philippine students are told to stay home as Southeast Asia swelters in prolonged heat wave
Southeast Asia is coping with a weekslong heat wave as record-high temperatures have led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region
Philippine Students Are Told to Stay Home as Southeast Asia Copes With a Sweltering Heat Wave
Philippine Students Are Told to Stay Home as Southeast Asia Copes With a Sweltering Heat Wave April 29th, 16PM April 29th, 16PM MANILA (AP) — Southeast Asia was coping with a weekslong heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region.
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