Myanmar and Philippine sweltering under the sun as heatwave continues to bake South-East Asia countries

A view of a damaged rice field with dry and cracked soil amid extreme heat in Candaba, Pampanga, Philippines, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. - Reuters

YANGON/BANGKOK/MANILA (AFP): Large swaths of Asia are sweltering through a heatwave that has topped temperature records from Myanmar to the Philippines and forced millions of children to stay home from school.

Here are some questions and answers about the extreme heat, which scientists warn will become more frequent and intense because of human-induced climate change.