People swelter as heatwave scorches Myanmar


Buddhist nuns walk with their head covered to shelter from the sun during a heatwave in Yangon on April 24, 2023. - AFP

YANGON (Xinhua): With towns in Myanmar witnessing record-high temperatures amid a scorching heatwave, many people in the South-East Asian country have been suffering from the sweltering heat in recent days.

Ye Naing Soe, a 31-year-old car driver in the commercial city of Yangon, said the rising temperature was affecting his business as well as his health.

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