Hell or high water: Filipino schools lashed by climate extremes

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Hell or high water: Filipino schools lashed by climate extremes
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Just weeks after thousands of Filipino students were sent home from sweltering classrooms during a brutal heatwave, the country's schools are bracing for a new climate change challenge ahead of the start of the typhoon season in Southeast Asia.Schools were closed for several days as temperatures soared to over 40 degrees Celsius in April and May.

On the radarEducation authorities have harnessed tech to help deal with climate change-related extreme weather and natural disasters.One tool being used is the Rapid Assessment of Damages Report mobile and web application, used by teachers to quickly deliver updates when schools are caught up in disasters.

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