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Explained: How Record-Breaking Heat Is Impacting Education In Asia
Record-breaking heat last month that prompted governments in Asia to close schools offers fresh evidence of how climate change is threatening the education of millions of children.
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Bangladesh Schools Reopen After Searing Heatwave Decline
Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday and classes were continuing over the weekend after a searing heatwave a week ago that suspended lessons as the country baked in temperatures that surged to well over 40 degrees Centigrade.
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"Life Has Become Unbearable": Bangladesh Records Hottest April Ever
Bangladesh last month saw the hottest average April temperatures since the country began keeping weather records in 1948, a senior forecaster told AFP on Wednesday.
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Power Cuts, Schools Shut As Bangladesh Sees Longest Heatwave In Decades
Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heatwave in half a century, with widespread power cuts only compounding locals' misery.
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Cash-Strapped Bangladesh Shuts Power Plant As Heatwave Hits
Cash-strapped Bangladesh shut its biggest power plant Monday because it was unable to afford the coal to fuel it, as a sweltering heatwave creates surging electricity demand.
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By 2100, North India Could Face Deadly Heatwaves, Warns Study
India, along with Pakistan and Bangladesh, could face unsurvivable temperatures and deadly heatwaves within the next eight decades, warns a study by the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The areas likely to be hardest hit by the year 2100 are north India, Bangladesh and southern Pakistan, home to nearly 1.5 billion people...
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Explained: How Record-Breaking Heat Is Impacting Education In Asia
Record-breaking heat last month that prompted governments in Asia to close schools offers fresh evidence of how climate change is threatening the education of millions of children.
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Bangladesh Schools Reopen After Searing Heatwave Decline
Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday and classes were continuing over the weekend after a searing heatwave a week ago that suspended lessons as the country baked in temperatures that surged to well over 40 degrees Centigrade.
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"Life Has Become Unbearable": Bangladesh Records Hottest April Ever
Bangladesh last month saw the hottest average April temperatures since the country began keeping weather records in 1948, a senior forecaster told AFP on Wednesday.
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Power Cuts, Schools Shut As Bangladesh Sees Longest Heatwave In Decades
Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heatwave in half a century, with widespread power cuts only compounding locals' misery.
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Cash-Strapped Bangladesh Shuts Power Plant As Heatwave Hits
Cash-strapped Bangladesh shut its biggest power plant Monday because it was unable to afford the coal to fuel it, as a sweltering heatwave creates surging electricity demand.
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By 2100, North India Could Face Deadly Heatwaves, Warns Study
India, along with Pakistan and Bangladesh, could face unsurvivable temperatures and deadly heatwaves within the next eight decades, warns a study by the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The areas likely to be hardest hit by the year 2100 are north India, Bangladesh and southern Pakistan, home to nearly 1.5 billion people...
