Asia heatwave: High temperatures felt across the region

A heatwave sweeping across much of Asia is causing deaths, overwhelming power grids and destroying crops.
In the Philippines, soaring temperatures have forced schools to reduce hours and turn to remote learning.
Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo reports from an elementary school in the capital, Manila.
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[@shehansaverimuttu2049]

And here in sl, the Monsoon season has come early.

[@qwerty-vp1sb]

its probably more than 50⁰c yesterday, even our airconditioning couldnt cool our room

[@WaveRider1989]

50c is insanity 😳

[@travelerforever8849]

'water catchments in certain area start drying up in Malaysia.

[@lymf9157]

Last el niño a decade ago, the highest peak is 40. And March to May regular summer vacation for students. sucks when gov changes the school to follow the trend in international. The Philippines is tropical country, we don't have 4 seasons 😅.

[@BimoSaputro1]

in indonesia on 12PM-4PM 34-36 degrees 40-51% humidity in my area its the hottest ever dry season I feel so far in my life,force me to buy 2 evaporative mini cooler to cool down my body 😞

[@stewarttimmins1672]

In UK rain rain and more rain it's may and temperatures are set to drop next week 9 degrees in day no heatwave for the UK 😢😢😢I've had my heating on 😢😢😢😢

[@igor7195]

You should be happy about it old man

[@ananya2942]

In india the temperature here in Assam is 38+

[@obaidullahsujon2842]

In Chittagong 44°C

[@santhoshnanjundarao2887]

Heat waves are hitting Across States like Rajasta, karnataka,Jharkhand.

[@hmrayhan4025]

My country Bangladesh temperature is more high forty degree Celsius.

[@markbass9402]

I live in the Philippines. Its life. Come on. Drink water. Me too. I went to the doctor. Don't be a panicking fool. These folks are tough!

[@davidmartin2706]

Please explain that this is usually SUMMER VACATION (April-May) when students are usually not in school. But the past few years are different. You're making it seem like the temperatures are unusually high, but they're not

[@ianhomerpura8937]

Heat index has reached 48C in some areas. It is unusually high.

[@davidmartin2706]

@@ianhomerpura8937 this is always the hottest time of the year, but this is not usually when we have school. The fact that that was left out is crazy

[@davidmartin2706]

@@ianhomerpura8937 Also, a 48 C heat index happens on a normal summer day in much of the US. This is the Philippines summer, so it's expected

[@ianhomerpura8937]

@@davidmartin2706 problem is, because of the policy by the Department of Education to tie our school schedules with the rest of Southeast Asia, we shifted our summer vacation from April-May to June-July, with obvious results.

[@EChan-eu2co]

​​@@davidmartin2706 But it's been hotter. We have marble flooring and normally all our cats would lie down on the floor during summer to cool down, but not this year. The marble is warm. They've taken to hanging around the laundry room with the buckets of water.

[@lyrav2024]

Too much energy in the air creating like microwave toasting people slowly. Blame it on the internet.

[@sandman3536]

Heat waves? What causing it ?

[@kalzindor803]

Human induced climate change.

[@r.a.6459]

Greed.

[@cumulusterraticus3446]

Give some degrees to EUROPE