School closures and health warnings: South and Southeast Asia swelter under record-breaking heat
Heatwaves have caused school closures for millions of children and triggered health warnings across South and Southeast Asia.
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Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave
MANILA: 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.