Hundreds of people died across Asia in recent weeks as the region sweltered under blistering temperatures. And a new study determined a leading factor in how it all happened.Last month, many areas in India saw temperatures well above triple digits. The country’s meteorological service says that heat waves are not uncommon between March and June, with May being the “peak month” for the extreme weather event. In Bhagdora, India, last month, temperatures hit nearly 115 degrees Fahrenheit as the India Meteorological Department issued a red alert warning, meaning that severe heat was expected to persist for more than two days and there was a very high likelihood for heat-related illnesses.Elsewhere in the country, it was so hot that schools were canceled, an issue that people also faced in the Philippines. People in Thailand were also asked by officials to stay indoors when possible to avoid the heat, as dozens of people had already died from heat-related illnesses. According to the Associated Press, the April heat killed at least 28 people in Bangladesh, five in India and three in Gaza.And according to the organization World Weather Attribution, it all comes down to two words – climate change.An elderly person is bathing beside a road on a hot summer day on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, on April 28, 2024. / Credit: Sudipta Das/NurPhoto via Getty Images”The heat wave exacerbated already precarious conditions faced by internally displaced people, migrants and those in refugee camps and conflict zones across West Asia,” a new study from the organization said. “… The extreme heat has forced thousands of schools to close down in South and Southeast Asia.”Researchers said that while the kind of heat experienced during this time “is not very rare,” it’s only being amplified by climate change, which is fueled by global warming largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels.West Asia is anticipated to get an extreme heat event once a decade, and in the Philippines, that likelihood is even less, about once every 20 years when El Niño isn’t …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnHundreds of people died across Asia in recent weeks as the region sweltered under blistering temperatures. And a new study determined a leading factor in how it all happened.Last month, many areas in India saw temperatures well above triple digits. The country’s meteorological service says that heat waves are not uncommon between March and June, with May being the “peak month” for the extreme weather event. In Bhagdora, India, last month, temperatures hit nearly 115 degrees Fahrenheit as the India Meteorological Department issued a red alert warning, meaning that severe heat was expected to persist for more than two days and there was a very high likelihood for heat-related illnesses.Elsewhere in the country, it was so hot that schools were canceled, an issue that people also faced in the Philippines. People in Thailand were also asked by officials to stay indoors when possible to avoid the heat, as dozens of people had already died from heat-related illnesses. According to the Associated Press, the April heat killed at least 28 people in Bangladesh, five in India and three in Gaza.And according to the organization World Weather Attribution, it all comes down to two words – climate change.An elderly person is bathing beside a road on a hot summer day on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, on April 28, 2024. / Credit: Sudipta Das/NurPhoto via Getty Images”The heat wave exacerbated already precarious conditions faced by internally displaced people, migrants and those in refugee camps and conflict zones across West Asia,” a new study from the organization said. “… The extreme heat has forced thousands of schools to close down in South and Southeast Asia.”Researchers said that while the kind of heat experienced during this time “is not very rare,” it’s only being amplified by climate change, which is fueled by global warming largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels.West Asia is anticipated to get an extreme heat event once a decade, and in the Philippines, that likelihood is even less, about once every 20 years when El Niño isn’t …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
