Heatstroke kills 30 in Thailand this year as kingdom bakes

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Motorbike taxi drivers take shelter from the sun under big umbrellas as they wait for customers in Bangkok on April 25, 2024. Extreme heat is scorching parts of South and Southeast Asia, prompting health warnings from authorities as high temperatures are recorded across the region. Bangkok, Thailand—Thailand issued fresh warnings about scorching hot weather on Thursday as the government said heatstroke has already killed at least 30 people this year.

A wave of exceptionally hot weather has blasted parts of South and Southeast Asia this week, prompting schools across the Philippines to suspend classes and worshippers in Bangladesh to pray for rain. Direk Khampaen, deputy director-general of Thailand’s Department of Disease Control, told Agence France Presse that officials were urging elderly people and those with underlying medical conditions including obesity to stay indoors and drink water regularly.

 

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