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Video | Climate change: how heatwaves affect the human body

  • Doctors have warned about symptoms of heatstroke and heat exhaustion that vulnerable people should watch for as heatwaves persist around the world

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Nausea, fatigue and even death: what heat can do to the human body

Nausea, fatigue and even death: what heat can do to the human body

Six students in India collapsed in a single day in May 2024 after temperatures hit a scorching 50 degrees Celsius (122°F) and days later, dozens of poll workers died from heat-related illnesses during the nation’s general elections.

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Elsewhere in Asia, record highs were recently reported in Manila, Bangkok and the eastern Chinese city of Jinan.

In this video, the Post looks at the devastating and increasingly deadly impact of extreme heatwaves sweeping across the continent.

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