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Record heatwave claims 61 lives so far in Thailand

A record heatwave with apparent temperatures soaring above 52 degrees Celsius has so far claimed 61 lives in Thailand, the Health Ministry reported in Bangkok on Friday. The figure is more than twice that recorded for heatstroke for the whole of 2023. Most of the deaths occurred in the north-east, where agriculture is an important […]

Hundreds of Thousands of Fish Die in Vietnam After Intense Heatwave

Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a 300-acre reservoir in Vietnam. The mass die off was caused by abnormally high temperatures across Southeast Asia. Throughout April, the south of Vietnam was hammered by drought and obscenely hot weather. Farmers struggled to keep their crops from dying as temperatures rose well above 100 degrees […]

Myanmar’s jailed ex-leader Suu Kyi transferred due to heatwave

Myanmar’s ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to another location. Local media, citing military junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun, reported that the reason for the move was concern for the 78-year-old’s health in view of the high temperatures in the capital Naypyidaw, where Suu Kyi was being held . […]

Australia’s Barrier Reef ‘in grave danger’ from ‘marine heatwave’

Scientists are warning of devastating coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia’s eastern state of Queensland. According to the local non-governmental organization Climate Council, new underwater images show the full extent of the disaster. An area 1,100 kilometres long from Lizard Island to the Keppel Islands has already been affected, […]

Australia’s Barrier Reef ‘in grave danger’ from ‘marine heatwave’

Scientists are warning of devastating coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia’s eastern state of Queensland. According to the local non-governmental organization Climate Council, new underwater images show the full extent of the disaster. An area 1,100 kilometres long from Lizard Island to the Keppel Islands has already been affected, […]

Australia sweats through heatwave, bushfire risk rated ‘extreme’

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Large swaths of Australia on Sunday sweltered through a heatwave as authorities warned of elevated bushfire risk in an already high-risk fire season during an El Nino weather pattern. The nation’s weather forecaster had heatwave alerts in place for Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory […]