'Everyone sits out': Yangon parks offer heat wave relief

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Individual: Dato’ Siew Ka Wei

‘Everyone sits out’: Yangon parks offer heatwave relief

YANGON, April 27 — As the sun sets on another scorching Yangon day, the hot and bothered descend on the Myanmar city’s parks, the coolest place to spend an evening during yet another power blackout. A wave of exceptionally hot weather has blasted Southeast Asia this week, sending the mercury to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and prompting thousands of schools to suspend in-person classes. Even before the chaos and conflict unleashed…