The heat index in Bangkok is expected to rise above 52 deg C on April 25.
hailand issued fresh warnings about scorching hot weather on April 25 as the government said heatstroke has already killed at least 30 people in 2024.Temperatures in the concrete sprawl of the Thai capital hit 40.1 deg C on April 24 and similar levels were forecast for April 25.
The heat index – a measure of what the temperature feels like taking into account humidity, wind speed and other factors – was at an “extremely dangerous” level in Bangkok, the city’s environment department warned. The Health Ministry said late on April 24 that 30 people had died from heatstroke between Jan 1 and April 17, compared with 37 in the whole of 2023.
2023 saw record levels of heat stress across the globe, with the United Nations weather and climate agency saying Asia was warming at a particularly rapid pace.
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