Video. Heatwave prompts millions to stay home from school
The Department of Education ordered students in more than 47,000 public schools to study from home due to health risks from record-high temperatures.
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Drought, food shortages and deadly heat: El Niño has ended but its impacts are still being felt
Australia’s weather bureau has said the El Niño weather event has now ended as temperatures appear to have “cooled substantially” in the last week.
Myanmar records hottest ever April temperature of 48.2C
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar recorded its hottest ever April temperature of 48.2 degrees Celsius (118.76 Fahrenheit), authorities said Monday, as the Southeast Asian nation bakes in a heatwave.
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.
Manila trips Bataan, Pangasinan rips Bulacan
MANILA, Philippines — Manila tripped Bataan, 90-84, on Wednesday and gained traction in the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Sixth Season at the Paco Arena in Manila.
Vietnam province declares state of emergency over drought
HANOI, Vietnam — Thousands of people in Vietnam are suffering a "severe" shortage of fresh water because of drought and salinization, prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency on Saturday.
MPBL opener: Zamboanga duels Valenzuela as Pangasinan, Abra collide
MANILA, Philippines – Newcomers Pangasinan and Abra test each other's mettle when they tangle at 8 p.m. in the second game of the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Sixth Season inaugurals at the Calasiao Sports Complex in Pangasinan.
MPBL: Pangasinan, Abra eye impact; Tarlac keeps buildup under wraps
MANILA, Philippines – The Pangasinan Heatwaves and the Abra Weavers may be newcomers, but they wouldn't be pushovers in the 6th MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Season starting on April 6 at the Calasiao Sports Complex.