‘Our home feels like a bun steamer’


Home for Jo is a metal-encased rooftop structure in Kowloon, Hong Kong, where she has been suffering from heat-induced headaches for days.

“It’s so hot in the day that you can get burned from touching the metal walls,” said the restaurant worker, adding that she sweats a lot and the heat makes sleeping at night difficult.

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