30 people killed in Thailand due to extreme weather, how hot is the temperature?

Jakarta –

Torrid weather has been reported in many Asian countries. Thailand recently issued a new warning regarding sweltering heat on Thursday (4/25/2024). Death cases due to heat stroke or heat attack in Thailand have reached 30 people.

The Bangkok city government has issued an extreme heat warning as the heat index is expected to exceed 52 degrees Celsius.

The temperature in the Thai capital was 40.1 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and a similar level is expected on Thursday. A wave of scorching weather hit parts of South and Southeast Asia this week, prompting schools across the Philippines to cancel classes and congregations in Bangladesh to pray for rain.

The heat index, which measures temperature by taking into account humidity, wind speed and other factors, is at “very dangerous” levels in Bangkok, the city’s environment department has warned.

Authorities in the rural northeastern province of Udon Thani, in the northeast of the kingdom, also warned of extremely hot temperatures on Thursday.

The Health Ministry said late Wednesday that 30 people died from heatstroke between January 1 and April 17, compared to 37 in all of 2023.

Direk Khampaen, deputy director general of Thailand’s Department of Disease Control, told AFP that officials were urging the elderly, those with medical conditions including obesity, to stay indoors and drink water regularly.

April is usually the warmest time of year in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, but this year conditions have been made worse by El Nino weather.

There were record levels of heat stress across the world last year, and the United Nations climate and climate agency said Asia was warming at a rapid pace.

Saudi Arabia has been hit by a heat wave this week, with a temperature of 44.2 degrees Celsius recorded on Monday in the northern province of Lampang, slightly lower than the all-time national record of 44.6 degrees Celsius set last month. last year.

Across the border in Myanmar, temperatures reached 45.9 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and are expected to reach the same temperature on Thursday.

The chaos and conflict resulting from the 2021 military coup has caused ongoing power outages across much of the country, hampering people’s ability to stay cool with fans and air conditioning.

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