Cambodia reduces school hours amid soaring heatwave-Xinhua english.news.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from english.news.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Philippine students are told to stay home as Southeast Asia copes with a sweltering heat wave seattletimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seattletimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Southeast Asia was coping with a weekslong heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region. Millions of students in all public schools across the Philippines were ordered to stay home Monday after authorities canceled in-person classes for two days. Cambodia this year is facing the highest temperatures in 170 years, Chan Yutha, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, told The Associated Press on Monday.