Thailand issued new extreme temperature warnings on April 25 as the government said heatstroke had already killed at least 30 people this year.
City authorities in Bangkok issued an extreme heat warning as meteorologists predicted temperatures would rise above 52 degrees Celsius, reports AFP.
Temperatures in the Thai capital reached 40,1 degrees on Wednesday, and similar temperatures are forecast for Thursday.
A wave of extreme heat has swept across parts of South and Southeast Asia this week, prompting schools across the Philippines to suspend classes and worshipers in Bangladesh to pray for rain.
The Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that 30 people died of heat stroke between January 1 and April 17, which is very worrying compared to 37 deaths in the whole of 2023.
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