Bangkok: Thailand issued new warnings about scorching hot weather on Thursday ( Apr 25 ), as the country’s government reported that heatstroke has already claimed the lives of at least 30 people this year.
The heat index was anticipated to rise above 52 degrees Fahrenheit, so Bangkok city officials issued an intense heat warning.
On Wednesday, the capital’s material sprawl reached a temperature of 40. 1 degrees Celsius, and similar levels were anticipated for Thursday.
This year, a flood of extremely warm weather has ravaged parts of South and Southeast Asia, causing schools all over the Philippines to close their doors and students in Bangladesh to pray for rain.
The heat catalog- a estimate of what the heat feels like taking into account humidity, wind speed and another factors- was at an “extremely risky” level in Bangkok, the city’s environment department warned.
Regulators in Udon Thani state, in the kingdom’s remote east, also warned of blazing temps on Thursday.
The health department reported late on Wednesday that 30 persons perished from sunstroke between Jan 1 and Apr 17, compared to 37 in total for 2023.
Authorities are urging seniors and those with underlying medical conditions, including fat, to stay home and drink water frequently, according to Direk Khampaen, assistant director-general of Thailand’s Department of Disease Control, who spoke to AFP.