“More than 60 people killed from heat stroke in Thailand this year”

Authorities said the risk of heat stroke continues despite the rain and the drop in temperatures in recent days, adding this year’s death toll contrasts with the 37 deaths recorded countrywide in 2023.

The ministry, which recorded 200 accumulated deaths between 2018 and this May, does not, however, break down the number of deaths this year by month, so it is unknown how many people died during the latest heat wave.

For much of April and early this month, Thailand has seen high temperatures, reaching 44.2C in the central province of Lampang – close to the 44.6C recorded as the all-time high. In Bangkok, temperatures approached 40C for days.

By region, the ministry said 33 of the deaths occurred in the rural northeastern region, 13 in the central region and 10 in the north.

Most of the victims were middle-aged or elderly men, many of them agricultural workers or workers in the construction sector, the source said…

The United Nations and the Red Cross said in a joint October report that heat waves would be more frequent, intense and deadly in the future due to the climate crisis…