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.

Southeast Asia is coping with a weekslong heat wave as record-high temperatures have led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region.

Source: NASA GFS Forecasts, most updated forecast April 26

South and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities across the region issued health warnings and residents fled to parks and air-conditioned malls for relief.The hot weather persisted on Sunday,

Millions of students in public schools across the Philippines are being ordered to stay home after urgent health warnings spread throughout Southeast Asia as major heatwave continues to hit region.

The Philippines has closed schools down and warned of overloading on its power grid, as authorities across Southeast Asia issued a series of health alerts for a crushing and deadly heat wave. The Department of Education cancelled in-person classes at public schools for two days on Sunday.

In Thailand, power demand reached a record 36,356 megawatts late on Saturday, the Ministry of Energy said. The country's northern and northeastern regions are expected to be the h