The heat wave in Thailand has indeed caused deaths, with the number reaching 61 since the beginning of the year, according to statements from the country’s health ministry.
Her Ministry of Health of Thailand announced today that so far since the beginning of the year 61 people have lost their lives due to the extreme heat, which has been plaguing the citizens of the Asian country for weeks…
For almost an entire week last month, authorities in Bangkok in Thailand issued daily emergency heatwave warnings as temperatures “felt” above 52°C.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Health, 61 people died from heat stroke or sunburn across the country since the beginning of 2024. By comparison, in all of 2023, deaths due to extreme heat had reached 37.
Northeast Thailand, home to mainly rural communities, suffered the most deaths, the ministry said. Human-induced climate change is causing more frequent, longer and more intense heat waves, scientists often warn.
Although the natural climate phenomenon El Niño has contributed to exceptionally warmer-than-normal temperatures this year, Asia is still warming faster than the global average, according to data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), part of UN system.
A spokesman for the disease control agency at Thailand’s health ministry advised citizens with underlying illnesses to limit their movements as much as possible.
This year the hot and dry weather has lasted much longer than usual in the country, as the rains have been delayed.
According to newsit, storms broke out in places this week, which reduced temperatures, but led the authorities to warn against the risk of flash floods.
In April, the kingdom recorded a temperature of 44.2°C in Lampang province (north), not far below the national all-time record (44.6°C) set last year.
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