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On 28 April, a heat index of 53 °C (127 °F) was recorded in Iba, Zambales, the highest in the country so far in 2024. [26] As of 18 April, authorities had logged 34 heat-related illnesses. Due to El Niño season in the Philippines, forecasters predicted that dangerous heat indices in at least 32 areas would continue until mid-May. [27]
April 29, 2024 at 5:40 AM. ... The country's weather agency said the heat index - the actual temperature felt by the body to include relative humidity - is expected to remain at a record 45 ...
April 29, 2024 at 8:59 PM ... Thailand’s Department of Disease Control said last week that at least 30 people have died from heatstroke so far this year, compared to 37 for all of last year ...
On 21 April, Thailand's national weather service said that the heat index hit a record of 54 °C (129 °F). [30] On 6 May, Bangkok reached 41 °C (106 °F), the highest recorded in the city. [32] On the next day, there were reports of people fainting due to the extreme heat, including advance voters in the 2023 general election.
Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production, disrupt water and power and weigh on businesses, but it also takes a toll on students, hampering the Southeast Asian nation's efforts ...
Since April 2024, several Southeast Asian countries have experienced record-breaking temperatures which have left several people dead. [124] [125] Heat indices peaked at 53 °C (127 °F) in Iba in the Philippines on 28 April 2024. The heat wave has been attributed to a combination of causes, including climate change and El Niño. [124]
The European Union's Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization reported in April 2024 that Europe was Earth's most rapidly warming continent, with temperatures rising at a rate twice as high as the global average rate, and that Europe's 5-year average temperatures were 2.3 °C higher relative to pre-industrial temperatures compared to 1.3 °C for the rest of the world.
NASA scientists estimated that in 2024, Earth was about 2.65 degrees Fahrenheit (1.47 degrees Celsius) hotter than the average from the mid-19th century — a period from 1850 to 1900.